DOMINION PILOTS.
DECORATED WITH D.F.C.
(Rec. 11,15 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17. Flying-Officer Brian George Carbury, of Wellington, and Pilot-Officer Michael Janies Herrick, of Hastings, have been awarded the D.F.CThe citations state that FlyingOfficer Carbury led V a section against two planes operating on the NorthEast Coast, destroying both. He was almost continually engaged from August 28 to September 2 against large enemy raids over Kent and destroyed eight planes of which five were brought down in three successive engagements on one day. Pilot-Officer Herrick, during the interception of a patrol on September 4, destroyed two planes, succeeding in closing up to within 30 yards of the second, which fell to pieces under his fire.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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114DOMINION PILOTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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