N.Z. PILOT GETS D.S.O.
(Bv Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.) LONDON, July 28. The D.S.O. has been awarded to tiie Cambridge Wing Commander E. P. Wells D.F.C., and liar. He is the only New Zealander fighter pilot so far to receive this group of decorations which is held' by leading aces. Wing Commander Wells has now been withdrawn from operational flying for a' period, and there is a possibility that he may make a goodwill trip to America, but this is still uneClSei'geants A. R. Robson, D.F.M., Hastjpirs I P. Maskill, Invercargill, and D°G. E.Brown, Auckland, have been promoted pilot officers. Newcomers include Sereeants J- A. Houlton, Christchurch, R Vessey and G. Moorehead, Ashburton, mid M. Sutherland, Dunedin. Flight Lieutenant J. G- Pattison, Waipawa, is now instructing members of the American Army Air Corps.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 258, 30 July 1942, Page 4
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133N.Z. PILOT GETS D.S.O. Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 258, 30 July 1942, Page 4
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