TORPEDO BOMBER
ENTIRE CREW HONOURED
D.F.M. FOR N.Z. SERGEANT
CAIRO, August 24
For outstanding bravery and initiative in operations over the Mediterranean, a New Zealand airman, Sergeant Alexander Raymond Brown, has been given an immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. The entire crew of the torpedo bomber in which he has flown for some time has been simultaneously honoured. The torpedo bomber was commanded by a South African, Lieutenant E. T. Strever, who has piloted the same aircraft in several successful torpedo attacks on enemy shipping. Sergeant Brown was a member of the crew on every occasion.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 200, 25 August 1942, Page 4
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