Wing Commander 'Taffy' Higginson, who died on February 12 aged 89, had already downed at least 15 enemy aircraft when, on June 17 1941, he was shot down over France and baled out of his burning Hurricane fighter.
After fighting throughout the Battle of Britain in the preceding summer and autumn and being awarded the DFM, he was determined to evade capture and return to No 56 Squadron.
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