Francis Steinmetz

Francis Steinmetz was an officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy who escaped from Oflag IVC, Colditz Castle, a German POW camp, during World War II, making a home run to safety.

Steinmetz was bornSeptember 1914 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies and entered the Dutch Royal Navy in September 1932. After periods on various boats he was posted to the submarine service. He was captured in 1940 in Amsterdam by advancing German forces.

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