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SQUADRON-LEADER McKEE. AWARDED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Squadron-Leader Andrew McKee, who has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross while serving with the R. is the only son of Mr and Mrs S. H. McKee, Oxford. Born al Oxford. 39 years ago, Squadron-Leader McKee was educated at the Christchurch Boys’ High School. He took up farming for a time and when 25 years old underwent a training course at Wigram for a few months. He then left to join the R.A.F. and after a term there was transferred to Egypt. From there ho went to India, later returning to England. Squadron-Leader McKee was in charge of bombing squadron and his family last heard from him three weeks ago, when he reported that all was well, -'with some exciting moments.” Squadron-Leader McKee is married and has one daughter.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1940, Page 6
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143NOTABLE CAREER Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1940, Page 6
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