GALLANT SOLDIERS
SWAM OUT TO PLANES EFFORT TO RESCUE AIRMEN ‘British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Oct. 6. The bravery of soldiers who swam to the rescue—in one case unsuccessfully—of airmen down in the sea, and recommended to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Forces as worthy ol mention for gallant distinguished service, is described in a War Office announcement. Lance-sergeant W Johnson and Corpora] G Goodwin, of the King’s Regiment (Liverpool), swam out to attempt to rescue the survivors of an aeroplane upside down on the water, surrounded by blazing petrol. They reached them before any boats arrived, and made every effort in the oily water to rescue the bccupaints. In' this however, they were unsuccessful.
Four privates of a Bordet regiment—R. M. Collins. J. T. Hodgson, J. Mitchell and H W. Eldren—swam out in darkness and found and rescued an R.A.F. sergeant who came down by parachute and was in difficulties.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 7
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