Ben Dixon was the gunner on a Hampden bomber shot down over France in 1940 and he spent the rest of the war in a German POW camp.
Summary
Being in a prison camp is a test of ingenuity.
Prisoner of War
Prisoner of War
- Ben Dixon
- Interview by: Dan
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