The WWII prisoner who became a panto dame... and then hated it: Photos show British PoW performing in drag at German camp - but he feared becoming 'typecast' and threatened to go on strike The remarkable war diaries of a British prisoner of war who became an unlikely star attraction in camp as a panto dame have come to light 79 years on.
Captain John Dixon was captured at Dunkirk and spent the whole of the Second World War in a PoW camp.
The remarkable war diaries of a British PoW who became an unlikely star attraction in camp as a panto dame have come to light 79 years on.
Above: Captain John Dixon dressed as a woman in one performance.
Previously unseen pictures kept by Captain Dixon show him in character in various shows.
