Flight Lieutenant Richard H. Hillary (born 20 April 1919 in Sydney, Australia - died 8 January 1943) was a Battle of Britain pilot who died during World War II. He is best known for his book "The Last Enemy", based upon his experiences during the Battle of Britain. Richard Hillary writes about his first experience in a Supermarine Spitfire in "The Last Enemy": :" The Spitfires stood in two lines outside 'A' Flight pilots' room. Wikipedia
National Portrait Gallery, list of portraits for Richard Hillary including Richard Hillary by Eric Henri Kennington, www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02190
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Richard Hillary went to school at Shrewsbury and was then sent up to Trinity College, Oxford, where he learnt to fly with the Oxford University Air Squadron. gavinton.net/old/richard_hillary_memorial.htm
