Dominic Bruce, OBE, MC, AFM, KSG (7 June 1915 – 12 February 2000) was a British Royal Air Force officer, known as the "Medium Sized Man." He has been described as "the most ingenious escaper" of the Second World War. He made seventeen attempts at escaping from POW camps, including several attempts to escape from Colditz Castle, a castle that housed prisoners of war "deemed incorrigible".
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7 June 1915 Hebburn, County Durham, England
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Died |
15 June 2000 (aged 85) Richmond, Surrey, England
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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