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Dominic Bruce

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Flight Lieutenant Dominic Bruce (7 June 1915 – 12 February 2000) was a British Royal Air Force officer, known as the "Medium Sized Man" who made several attempts to escape from Colditz Castle. [1]

13 relations: Air Force Medal, Attempts to escape Oflag IV-C, Blankenberge, Colditz (TV series), Hebburn, June 1915, Kingston College (England), List of attempts to escape Oflag IV-C, No. 9 Squadron RAF, Oflag IX-A/H, Pete Tunstall, St Cuthbert's High School, Sunbury-on-Thames.

Air Force Medal

Until 1993, the Air Force Medal was a military decoration, awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy".

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Attempts to escape Oflag IV-C

Prisoners made numerous attempts to escape from Oflag IV-C, one of the most famous German Army prisoner-of-war camps for officers in World War II.

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Blankenberge

Blankenberge (West Flemish: Blanknberge) is a town and a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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Colditz (TV series)

Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974.

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Hebburn

Hebburn is a small town situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in North East England sandwiched between the towns of Jarrow and Gateshead and to the south of Walker.

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June 1915

The following events occurred in June 1915.

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Kingston College (England)

Kingston College is a College of Further, Higher and Adult Education based in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England.

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List of attempts to escape Oflag IV-C

Below is a list of attempts to escape from Oflag IV-C, the famous prisoner-of-war camp.

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No. 9 Squadron RAF

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Oflag IX-A/H

Oflag IX-A was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp located in Schloss Spangenberg ("Spangenberg Castle") in the small town of Spangenberg in northeastern Hesse, Germany.

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Pete Tunstall

Peter David Tunstall (1 December 1918 – 27 July 2013) was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force during World War II and as a POW was held prisoner at Colditz Castle.

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St Cuthbert's High School

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Sunbury-on-Thames

Sunbury-on-Thames is a town and London suburb located in Surrey, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Bruce

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