GALLANT AIR LEADER
AWARDED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 11.25 a.m.) RUGBY. June 9. Amongst the names of officers of the R.A.F. awarded decorations is that of Flight-Lieutenant G. A. Leathart, who has been given the D.S.O. During May, this officer led his squadron on a large number of offensive patrols over Northern France, and. in company with his squadron, shot down 15 Messerschmitts and possibly one Heinkel 111, and one Junkers 88.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 7
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