Hero Inspired By The Extraordinary Life & Times Of Mr Ulric Cross + Q&A (12A)

As a boy in early 1930s Trinidad and Tobago, Ulric Cross is emotionally scarred by the loss of his mother and subsequent abandonment by his father. In 1941, he enlists in the Royal Air Force and serves Bomber Command with distinction. He emerges from the devastation of the Second World War as the most decorated West Indian in the history of the RAF. His long life intersects with key moments in history such as the fight for independence in Africa and the Caribbean.