BRAVERY AWARDS.
DOMINION AIRMEN
" DETAILS OF EXPLOITS.
Press Association cablegrams received from London give details of the bravery of two New Zealand, airmen, Acting-Fliglit-Lieutenant F. 33. Eustace, of Nelson, and Acting-Squadron-Leader A. A. Brockon> of Auckland, both of whom have been awarded Distinguished flying Crosses.
. Flight-Lieutenant "Eustace, as an aeroplane captain, has, since March 1. carried out 26 operational flights over enemy territory with conspicuous success and" gallantry, and on. April 12 took part in a level bombing attack on two cruisers at Kristiansand, Norway. Acting-Squadron-Leader Breckon, three days after he made a 2000-mile flight to Narvik and back, made a reconnaissance flight to Trondheim, which occupied nine hours and a half. He is described as a most determined leader.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 223, 19 September 1940, Page 15
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120BRAVERY AWARDS. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 223, 19 September 1940, Page 15
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