Dixie Deans (RAF airman)
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Dixie Deans (RAF airman)
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James Alexander Graham "Dixie" Deans MBE was a Royal Air Force sergeant and Second World War bomber pilot shot down in 1940 who became a renowned prisoner of war (POW) camp leader. Deans spoke perfect German and when captured commanded his fellow POWs as the elected camp leader, gaining the respect and trust of both prisoners and German captors alike. In 1945, he guided 2,000 Allied POWs across Europe in what was known as the 'Long March'. On 10 September 1940, Deans took off from Linton-on-Ouse
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