D.F.M. FOR AIRMAN
I r.ritisi Official Wir«>se. Rec. 2.30 p.m. RUGBY, July 20. The D.F.M. has been awarded to Leading-Aircraftsman Milton Griffin, ! Xo. 10 Squauron, R.A.A.F. The offi- ! cial account says that in June, 1941, j he was first fitter of a Sunderland ' aircraft, which, in the course of ope- , rations, was attacked by an enemy I Fokk-Wolfe aircraft. After the engagement it was found that the Sunderland was losing large quantities of oil. Griffin crawled on to the wing and discovered two large holes in the bottom of the oil tank. ReTurning to the hull, he obtained tools, plugs and a two-gallon drum of oil, which he took into the wing, and after plugging the holes and piercing the top of the oil tank, he poured in oil by means of a small tin, and maintained a continuous ■ supply of oil. Griffin made four journeys imo the wing, and in sll | spon l two h<jvrs nursing the engine tin inf-jirc heat and in «i very cramped position.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 170, 21 July 1941, Page 7
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