VACANT AIRMAN
AWARDED BAR TO D.F.C. (By Telegraph—Press /Association— Copyright' LONDON. May 20. A member of the Royal Air Force Acting-Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Watt Coleman, who gained the D.F.C. last November, has been awarded a bar tc the cross. The citation said: "Acting-Flight Lieutenant Coleman captained a bomber in a night attack on Benina aerodrome litis month. H< displayed great skill and tcnacit v i' locating the target, which was eventually observed by a parachute flare. He carried out a most det"' mim'd attack with bombs and machine-gims. from heights varying from 300'1 to 990 feet. desTroyiim least iwo Junkers 52 on the tn-oun’d and damaging others. “After returning from this operation. Acting-Flighl Lieutenant Coleman was
driving in a lorry when a plane coming in to land crashed and burst into flame !!•■ immediately ran to another plane nearby, and though bombs and petrel were exploding, lie slarled the engine and taxied the plane to safety. He has continuously displayed outstanding courage and devotion to duty.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1941, Page 4
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