VICTORIA CROSS AWARD FOR HEROISM
Koooivod Saturdav, 1 a.m. I j )X I )( ).\ , .luuo 21. Tlio pnstliuinous award of tlio Yioloria ('ross lias boon inado t" K.A.F. S(|uadron J„oader A. S. Soarf for >• roine heroism in Alalava on Deoemy . P, I!)H. All availalde aivoraft wero ordered 1o take oi'f from Ilutterworth for a flaylin'ht attack 011 a .Iai>anese adv.'inced operational htise. The Japancse attacked ihe planosas tliey were lakiii"' nf'f. dest royinjj all ljut Soarf 'ti Blenheim honiher which was airhorne wlien the Japanese athu-ked. Soarf went 011 and carricd out Ihe attack alone and fou»ht liis way hack. .He was badlv wounded, made a f oropi! landiii"' at Alorstar and died soon after admission to hospital. Jlis action was carrieil out in the face of tremondous odils and his sjilenilid oxample of self-sacrilice will long he remembered.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1946, Page 5
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138VICTORIA CROSS AWARD FOR HEROISM Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1946, Page 5
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