Battle of Britain Pilot by CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW
On 3 September 1940, Richard Hillary was shot down in flames over the North Sea. He was rescued, badiv burnt. and brought to East Grinstead Hospital where the famous surgeon Archibald Mclndoe , began a series of operations.
He went back to flying in November 1942 and on the night of 7 January 1943 his Blenheim crashed. Hillary and his navigator were killed, and the voices of LOVAT DICKSON , PAUL HART , PAT HOLLENDER , BILL SIMPSON and BETT WESTMACOTT. Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT