FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. B. HESSELYN, D.F.C., D.F.M. and Bar, has informed his father, Mr G. A. Hesselyn, 35 Rosebery street, Spreydon, that he has been liberated from a prisoner of war camp in Germany, Flight Lieutenant Hesselyn, who has 21i planes to'his credit, was shot down in October, 1943. He was badly burned at the time, and as a result passed some time in a German hospital, where he spoke well of the treatment. Although he is one of the ace fighterpilots of the war, Flight Lieutenant Hesselyn will be better remembered as the co-author of the popular “Spitfires Over Malta.”
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24569, 18 May 1945, Page 6
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101FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. B. HESSELYN, D.F.C., D.F.M. and Bar, has informed his father, Mr G. A. Hesselyn, 35 Rosebery street, Spreydon, that he has been liberated from a prisoner of war camp in Germany, Flight Lieutenant Hesselyn, who has 21i planes to'his credit, was shot down in October, 1943. He was badly burned at the time, and as a result passed some time in a German hospital, where he spoke well of the treatment. Although he is one of the ace fighterpilots of the war, Flight Lieutenant Hesselyn will be better remembered as the co-author of the popular “Spitfires Over Malta.” Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24569, 18 May 1945, Page 6
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