GOLDEN DEED
Lieutenant Hans Christiensen has had his name inscribed in Germany's Golden Book of Fliers. He was the observer in an aeroplane which was flying very low when a wild duck came crashing into tho windScreen, broke the glass and knocked tho pilot unconscious. Though Lieutenant Christiensen had done very little flying, he seized the controls and managed to bring the machine safely to the ground.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23269, 11 February 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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67GOLDEN DEED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23269, 11 February 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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