N.Z. AIRMAN HONOURED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 70, 23 March 1940, Page 5

N.Z. AIRMAN HONOURED.

MEDAL TOR CORP. KNIGHT. LOXDOX. March 22. In company with Air Chief-Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt. the High Commissioner for Xew Zealand, Mr. W. •I. Jordan, inspected a large number of airmen in a hangar at an East -Anglian bomber station, including Xew Zealand officers and men who recently carried out their first operation—a sweep over tile Xortli Sea.

At Bir Edgar's request, Mr. Jordan presented the D.K.M. recently awarded lo Corporal L'. 1!. G. Knight, whose coolness, and courage in maintaining wireless communication under intense enemy tire contributed to the success of tlic operation over Schilling Roads and Friesian Islands on December 14.

Mr. Jordan said: "On behalf of Hie New Zealand Government ami people I want to say how proud we are of the part yon played."

.After inspecting the hangar.? and aircraft, climbing into a bomber ami seeing ii demonstration of the guirliirwfe, Mr'. Jordan said he was greatly impressed bv what he had seen. It was striking proof of the Koval Air Force's abilitv to hit back and keep on hitting. MISTAKEN FOR FRIEND. K.A.F. PILOT OVER GERMANY. . British Official Wireless. RCGBV, March 22. A Royal Air Force pilot relates how, during a recent night reconnaissance (light over Germany, he was courteously invited to laud on an enemy aerodrome.

Over north-west Germany the pilot and observer, while eagerly studying tile dark landscape beneath them, spotted an aerodrome. It was evident that enemy aircraft were engaged in night Hying, as landing lights were 'showing.

When direct]v over the aerodrome at no great height, the pilot was surprised to receive flashlanip signals indicating that all was in readiness for him to make a landing—an invitation which .he felt bound to decline. TRAWLER'S GOOD EFFORT. NAZI BOMBER DOWNED. AMSTERDAM. March 22. A Dutch trawler has brought in four Nazi airmen from a Heinkel bomber which was found floating Kill miles from (he Dutch coast. One of the airmen had been shot in one knee and another had a broken leg.

A liritish trawler had shot down the aeroplane five hours before the crew w<is rescued liv the Dutch trawler.