BBC1_Inside Out East Midlands, 7Mar16 - man who fled Nazi Germany and took on a new identity to join RAF Bomber Command <br /> <br />The story of the man who fled Nazi Germany and took on a new identity to join RAF Bomber Command. <br /> <br />Peter was born Georg Franz Heim to a German Jewish family in Hanover in 1919 . His parents sent him as a refugee to the UK in 1934 where he attended the Regent's Street Polytechnic in London (now part of the University of Westminster). <br /> <br />To join the RAF Peter stole the identity of a dead school friend - P.D. Stevens. He later became a bomber pilot in WW2 & won the military cross. <br /> <br />....................................................................................................................................................................................... <br /> <br />15 February 1919 – 16 July 1979 <br /> <br /> <br />....................................................................................................................................................................................... <br /> <br />Marc Stevens (from Canada): Peter's father <br /> <br />Anna McNally: Assistant Archivist at the University of Westminster <br /> <br />Phil Bonner: Aviation historian <br /> <br />Dr. Dan Ellin: Project Manager, Bomber Command Research Centre, Lincoln <br /> <br /> <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stevens_(RAF_officer) <br /> <br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3469432/Canadian-stunned-discover-British-war-hero-father-actually-German-born-Jew-bravery-inspired-Great-Escape-earned-Military-Cross.html
