GALLANTRY AWARDS
Two New Zealand Airmen
Decorated ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED Rec. noon. LONDON, Aug. 15. Sergeant William Jack Scott, of the R.N.Z.A.F., has been awarded the D.F.M.. According to the citation an R.A.F. flight-lieutenant and Sergeant Scott, as pilot and airgunner respectively, achieved conspicuous success during night fighting operations. One night in April they destroyed a Heinkel 111. Since then they have destroyed three more enemy planes, two of which were shot down during the same patrol.
Both the pilot and Sergeant Scott displayed great skill and determination during these operations.
A New Zealand member of the R.A.F., acting Squadron-Leader Victor Bosanquet Verity, has been awarded the D.F.C. The citation stated that acting Squadron-Leader Verity had shown a fine example by the skill with which he intercepted enemy planes at night time and'the determination he displayed in his attacks. He destroyed at least two enemy planes and damaged two others.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 7
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