Reginald William Winchester Wilmot ( 21 June 1911 &ndash; 10 January 1954 ) was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation during the Second World War . After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter , and wrote a well-appreciated book about the liberation of Europe . He was killed in the crash of a BOAC Comet over the Mediterranean Sea
the crash of a BOAC Comet
BOAC Flight 781
Chester Wilmot