HEROIC AIRMEN
HUNDRED AWARDS MADE INCLUDING 75 D.F.C’s. ANNOUNCEMENT BY DEFENCE I MINISTER. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) ‘ WELLINGTON, This Day. With the news that four more Distinguished Flying Crosses have been awarded to New Zealanders serving with the R.A.F., a grand total of one hundred awards has been reached by New Zealand airmen since the outbreak of war, the Defence Minister, Mr F. Jones, announced today. He said: "The awards have been won for bravery and devotion to duty in battle over England. Germany, Norway. Italy, the Middle East and occupied France. Wherever the R.A.F. is to be found, you will find sons of New Zealand, worthily upholding the traditions of the Dominion.” An analysis of the awards showed that 75 Distinguished Flying Crosses had been won. three bars to the D.F.C., seven Distinguished Flying Medals, ten Air Force Crosses, one Distinguished Service Order, three George Medals and one Croix de Guerre.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 June 1941, Page 6
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