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Peter Stevens MC (born Georg Franz Hein; 15 February 1919 – 16 July 1979) was a German Jew who flew bombers in the British Royal Air Force in World War II. As an enemy alien living in London in the late 1930s, Hein assumed the identity of a dead schoolfriend in order to join the RAF at the outbreak of hostilities.
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- 1939–1952 (RAF), 1952–1958 (RCAF)
Peter Stevens MC (born Georg Franz Hein, 15 February 1919 – 16 July 1979) was the only German Jew known to have flown bombers in the Royal Air Force against his own country in World War II. As an enemy alien living in London in the late 1930s, Hein assumed the identity of a dead schoolfriend in order to join the RAF at the outbreak of ...
Peter Stevens, born as Georg Franz Hein in Germany in 1919, was a German Jew evacuated to Britain to escape the Nazis. In a colourful life, he served in the RAF, spent time as a POW, made several daring escapes, was awarded the Military Cross and worked for MI6 spying on the Soviets.
Marc Stevens poses with a portrait of his father, Peter Stevens, a Royal Air Force officer who was in fact a German-born Jew named Georg Hein, sent by his mother to England because of the...
Peter STEVENS : 144 Sqdn: Flight Lieutenant Stevens was the captain of a Hampden aircraft detailed to bomb Berlin on 7th September, 1941. After the mission had been completed the aircraft was hit by enemy antiaircraft fire and had to be crash-landed subsequently, on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
Oct 1, 2009 · 4.28. 103 ratings14 reviews. Peter Stevens was a German-Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi persecution as a teenager in 1933. He joined the RAF in 1939 and after eighteen months of pilot training he started flying bombing missions against his own country.
Peter Stevens (born Georg Franz Hein; 15 February 1919 – 16 July 1979) was a German Jew who flew bombers in the British Royal Air Force in World War II. As an enemy alien living in London in the late 1930s, Hein assumed the identity of a dead schoolfriend in order to join the RAF at the outbreak of hostilities.
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