A heroic World War Two pilot who survived almost 70 missions against the Germans and was still in the cockpit at the age of 90 , is in hospital fighting for his life after being knocked down by a hit and run driver . Doug Gregory , 92 , is believed to have been making his normal trip to the shops when he was knocked down by a silver Nissan outside a petrol station in Blackfield in Hampshire . The former RAF pilot , who still holds all his licences to fly , was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after he survived 67 missions into Nazi-controlled Europe during the Second World War . He also survived a brain haemorrhage in 1947 and only retired from his job as a stunt pilot at the age of 90 . War veteran Doug Gregory survived almost 70 missions across Germany and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross . He is now in hospital in a serious condition after being a victim of a hit and run in Hampshire . Mr Gregory was taken to Southampton General Hospital after suffering a head injury and is believed to be in a serious condition . Police said they were treating the incident as a hit and run because the car failed to stop after the accident . However they said a female motorist had come forward to officers shortly afterwards . Mr Gregory had just bought a paper at a newsagents and was starting to walk home when he was hit by a silver-coloured Nissan on Monday morning . Mr Gregory was struck by a car which failed to stop outside the petrol station in Blackfield in Hampshire . Part of the road was closed while police investigated the collision and officers spent almost five hours at the scene . They also visited a nearby Tesco Express store and asked to view CCTV footage in case the accident had been caught on camera . A broken wing mirror found in the road was taken away for examination . At the age of 90 the pensioner said he would give up work as a stunt pilot but would still continue flying . Mr Gregory was a member of the RAF during World War Two and survived a number of missions over Nazi territory . He is pictured in 1945 in his uniform ( left ) and flying gear ( right ) , shortly before he was sent to India . Sergeant Darren Ord , senior investigating officer from Hampshire Police , said : 'An elderly gentleman was crossing from the newsagents to the petrol station when he was in collision with a car coming from his right . 'He suffered a serious head injury and was taken to Southampton General Hospital . His wife and son are with him . ' A woman working at the newsagents said : ' I saw a man lying on the ground , surrounded by people on their mobiles . ' The stunt pilot is pictured in his RAF uniform beside the plane he built himself at a cost of around £5,000 . Mr Gregory said two years ago he had no plans to stop flying but is now in a serious condition in hospital . As well as his achievements during World War Two , Mr Gregory 's love of flying continued after the war . He defied the odds to recover from a brain haemorrhage and get back to the skies again - constructing his own aircraft , which he flew for nine years in the Great War Display team . He became Britain 's oldest stunt pilot until he decided to give up his role at the age of 90 in 2013 . At the time the pensioner said : 'Flying has been my favourite thing all my life , especially aerobatics . I do n't do any other kind of sport . Flying is quite enough to keep me going . ' He joined the Royal Air Force as early as he could , at the age of 18 , and has been flying for seven decades . Mr Gregory also holds all the relevant licences , meaning he can still fly and said he plans to never stop . Police closed the road in Hampshire ( left ) for five hours and Mr Gregory ( right was taken to hospital .
Doug Gregory was in the RAF in World War Two and survived almost 70 missions against the Germans , being awarded Distinguished Flying Cross . He survived missions as well as a brain haemorrhage to continue flying . In seven decades he retired from as a stunt pilot at 90 , after 2013 in cockpit . Mr Gregory was knocked down by a car on Monday morning which failed to stop and the 92-year-old veteran is now in a 'serious condition ' in hospital .