A BROKEN Hill war hero died last week at the age of 101.

Flying Officer Donald McKenzie Wills, RAAF, was a rear gunner in the 463 Lancaster Squadron located at Waddington in the UK during World War II.

He was born in Broken Hill on March 16, 1924, and shouldn’t have lived as long as he did – rear gunners during World War II had a life expectancy as low as two to three weeks during the most d...