DIEPPE RAID
NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN IN ACTION.
(Special Correspondent.) LONDON, August 31. The New Zealand Spitfire Squadron carried out four sweeps during the recent attack against Dieppe and shot down two Huns for certain and probably two more. Led by Squadron Leader R. R. Grant. D.F.M., they were also accompanied by Wing Commander P. G. Jameson, D.F.C. and bar. They took off for the first flight at 2 a.m., returning periodically _ to refuel and replenish their ammunition and to snatch hasty bites of food. Jameson shot down one Hun in flames and Pilot Officer C. Chrystall, Foxton, got another. Flight Lieutenant R. Baker, Dunedin, and Flying Officer Lindsay Black, Levin, got probables. During the fourth flight, . Grant, Baker, and Sergeant FI.. Leckie, Petone, all had combats, but without result.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1942, Page 4
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