THE VICTORIA CROSS
PRESENTED BY KING GALLANT YOUNG AIRMAN BRAVERY IN BURNING PLANE fOmclal Wireless) (Received Nov. 26, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 25 Flight-Lieutenant J. B. Nicholson, aged 23 years, a fighter pilot, received from the King this morning the Victoria Cross, which was awarded him for bravery, when, although wounded in a plane on fire, he remained in the burning aircraft and attacked and shot down an enemy fighter Flight-Lieutenant Nicholson, who received bums, was in hospital for some time. The King had a long talk with the airman in the private audience chamber, where the investiture took place.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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100THE VICTORIA CROSS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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