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The Last Enemy PDF

333 Pages·1942·0.176 MB·english
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The Last Enemy, is an autobiographical book by Spitfire pilot Richard Hillary. Hillary was born in Sydney, Australia in 1919 but was educated at Shrewsbury School in England and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Air Force at the start of World War II. The book, written in New York whilst recovering from surgery, covers his training and his experiences in the RAF, the Battle of Britain and his ordeal after suffering severe burns to his face and hands after a crash. He underwent plastic surgery, by the famous pioneering surgeon Archibald McIndoe and returned to flying at RAF Charterhall in November 1942. He was lost on night training when his Blenheim crashed on the 8th January 1943.
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