STORY OF GALLANTRY
HEROIC PILOT. BLAZING PLANE LANDED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, December 27. Behind the official confirmation of the award of the D.F.C. to Pilot Officer W. H. Hodgson, son of Mr H. Hodgson, 241 Macandrew Road, Dunedin, lies a story of gallantry and brave regard for the safety of others. Some time ago there appeared in the newspapers a cable message describing how a . Hurricane pilot refrained from bailing out of his blazing machine because he realised it would crash on a thickly populated London suburb. By skilful manoeuvring the pilot managed to keep the flames away from the fuselage of his plane and to land it in open country. This heroic deed was performed by Pilot Officer Hodgson, and it is probable that it was for this act that he was awarded the D.F.C. Since then he has taken part in engagements in which his squadron of 12 has been called upon to break up enemy formations of as many as 300 planes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1940, Page 7
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166STORY OF GALLANTRY Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1940, Page 7
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