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COURAGE OF NEW ZEALAND PILOT. DURING RAID ON BREST. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, January 7. The Commander-in-Chief of the Bomber Command has brought to the notice of all bomber stations the commendable courage and resolution of a young Auckland pilot officei, C. P. Towsey, during a recent raid on Brest. Though the whole of the crew suffered severely from air sickness because of exceptionally bad weathei and their oxygen supply failing, Pilot Officer Towsey pressed on to the target, placed his bombs successfully, and then safely returned to base. Pilot Officer Towsey had to carry on almost unaided because of the illness and lack of oxygen for the exhausted crew. The flight lasted over eight hours, including from two to three hours without oxygen at a great height. The Commander-in-Chief declared that the exploit was all the more commendable because it was only Pilot Officer Towsey's fourth operation as a captain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1942, Page 2
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