Richard Hillary

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Royal Air Force officer author fighter pilot human

Richard Hillary was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot and author, best known for his World War II memoir "The Last Enemy" and for his tragic early death that later inspired the biography "The Fatal Englishman."

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Richard Hillary canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
author ⓘ
fighter pilot ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1943-01-08 ⓘ
describedBySource The Fatal Englishman ⓘ
educatedAt Shrewsbury School ⓘ
Trinity College, Oxford ⓘ
employer Royal Air Force ⓘ
familyName Hillary ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasInfluenced The Fatal Englishman ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm autobiographical writing ⓘ
hasOccupation military aviator ⓘ
inspiredWork The Fatal Englishman ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accidental death ⓘ
memberOf No. 603 Squadron RAF ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank pilot officer ⓘ
militaryStatus killed on active service ⓘ
notableEvent severely burned in combat ⓘ
notableFor Battle of Britain service ⓘ
World War II aviation memoir ⓘ
notableWork The Last Enemy ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Britain ⓘ
placeOfBirth Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berwickshire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
residence Oxford ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf biographical studies on Battle of Britain pilots ⓘ
wrote The Last Enemy ⓘ

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The Fatal Englishman → subjectOfBiography → Richard Hillary ⓘ
The Fatal Englishman → hasSubject → Richard Hillary ⓘ