PLUCKY EXPLOIT.
PILOT OFFICER IN LIBYA.
Hail of bullets disregarded.
(Rcc. 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, May 19. Splendid pluck and endurance .were shown by a pilot officer engaged in an attack on the aerodrome at Gasala, Libya. Diving very low with total disregard for heavy ground fire he sprayed two large enemy pianos on the ground until they were destroyed. He then swooped on a concentration of mechanised transport, braving a hail of machine-gun bullets. He received wounds on the head and. shoulders and was losing blood rapidly when he turned his aircraft toward the Egyptian frontier, 250 miles aWay. Lacking sufficient strength to reach his squadron’s base he made a succosstnl landing within the British lines, where he fainted as ho Was being lifted from the cockpit.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 185, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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