Encore: The pilot shot down by enemy fire and how he survived - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

As a teenager, Frank saw the Battle of Britain played out in the skies above his village in the south of England.

He joined the RAF and piloted a De Havilland Mosquito on bombing raids into Germany.

In October 1944 Frank's plane was shot out of the sky and he parachuted into Nazi territory.

Frank witnessed extraordinary scenes as he walked his way through the countryside into occupied Holland.

It was there he joined the Dutch Resistance, and his war shifted to the fields, hay sheds and village lanes of the Netherlands.

This episode was first broadcast in 2014.

Frank Dell passed away peacefully in 2022 at the age of 98.

His family say that Frank had fond memories of meeting Richard and the chance to tell his story on Conversations.  A photo of Richard and Frank was included in a memorial sideshow at his funeral.