N.Z. PILOT LEADS SMASHING ATTACK
'"Congratulations on Mersa Matruli bag. That ship was most, important," read a message received by an R.A.F. Baltimore squadron from the A.O.C. Air Vice-Marshal Coningham. The leader of the flight of eight Baltimores which made a smashing attack on Mersa Matruh was; Squadron-Leader Lloyd Joll, of Dunedin, who has had three years'' service with the R.A.F. in the Middle East. He has led a number of bombing attacks since the battle began, including a close-support raid against Germans attacking New Zealand forces.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 17, 23 October 1942, Page 3
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87N.Z. PILOT LEADS SMASHING ATTACK Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 17, 23 October 1942, Page 3
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