AN AMAZING FEAT—A 23-year-old flying instructor has been awarded the A.F.M. for a remarkable feat of skill and courage. He was flying a twin-engined training aircraft during formation flying when the fallowing aircraft collided with his machine, severing the starboard wing just beyond the engine. The sergeant succeeded in flying his badly-damaged aircraft for two miles to “force-land" it in a field.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1941, Page 6
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62AN AMAZING FEAT—A 23-year-old flying instructor has been awarded the A.F.M. for a remarkable feat of skill and courage. He was flying a twin-engined training aircraft during formation flying when the fallowing aircraft collided with his machine, severing the starboard wing just beyond the engine. The sergeant succeeded in flying his badly-damaged aircraft for two miles to “force-land" it in a field. Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1941, Page 6
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