HEROISM WINS B.E.M.
LONDON, April 3. When a flying-boat crashed in shark infested waters 180 miles from land, Flight-Sergt. Peter William Hewitt, of Rawdon, Yorkshire, second pilot, swam all night by the dinghy holding up the head of a dying member of the crew. It was 70 hours before the survivors were rescued. Hewitt has been awarded the B.E.M.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 80, 5 April 1943, Page 3
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