AWARDED D.F.C.
NELSON FLYING-OFFICER
MANY K.AIDS ON GERMANY
(P.A.I NELSON, this dar t light-Lieutenant R. D. Max of Nelson, lias been awarded the Wtinguished Flying Cross. Cable' advice to this effect was recefori to-day by his parents, Mr. and-Mre Albert E. Max. of Brightwater
Educated at Kelson College FMa Lieutenant Max joined the Rma] Air Force before the war and was granted a commission. He served with the advance striking force in France as a bomber pilot. His" services were recognised by the French Government, which awarded him the Croix fie Guerre. After taking pan in many raids on Germany, he was selected to fly American" bombers across the Atlantic, and was engaged in this work until this month.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 8
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119AWARDED D.F.C. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 8
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