BRAVERY & INITIATIVE
NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN AWARDED D.F.M.
SERVICE IN TORPEDO-BOMBER.
(Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) ('Official War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) CAIRO, August 24.
For outstanding bravery and initiative in operations over the Mediterranean, a New Zealand airman, Sergeant Alexander Raymond Brown, has been given an immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. The entire crew of a. torpedo-bomber in which he has flown for some time has been simultaneously honoured. The torpedo-bomber was commanded by a South African, Lieutenant E. T. Strever, who has piloted the same aircraft in several successful torpedo attacks on enemy shipping. Sergeant Brown was a member of the crew on every occasion.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 August 1942, Page 2
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