SERGEANT V.C.
CREDIT TO PILOT OFFICER
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, October 5
Among the many congratulatory messages received by Sergeant Hannah on being awarded the V.C. is one from the Lord Provost of his native Glasgow, who also invited Sergeant Hannah to visit him at the City Chamber. '
Discussing the action which earned him the V.C., Sergeant Hannah said: "It seems to me that the most credit ought to' go to Pilot Officer Connor. People don't fully realise that whilst I was doing my best with the fire he was sitting up aloft as cool as a cucumber, taking no notice of the flames, which were only two or three feet away from him, or of the sound of bullets which were either whizzing close to his head or hitting the armourplating just above.
"Pilot Officer Connoi", in a broadcast, said he was able to feel the heat of the fire, and I am sure he must have done so. This must have been very hot, yet through it all he managed to pilot the aircraft right out of the barrage so that I was able to get on with my part of the job without interference from heavy shells and tracer bullets."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 85, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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