WAR PRISONER IN GERMANY
CHRISTCHURCH PILOT Flight Lieutenant R. B. Hesselyn. D.F.C., D.F.M. and Bar, son of Mr and Mrs G. A. Hesselyn. Rosebery street, Spreydon, who was reported missing after a fighter sweep over France on October 3, is a prisoner of. war in Germany. This information was first received in a broadcast message from the Red Cross in Germany. Yesterday it was confirmed by a telegram from the New Zealand Air Department. Flight Lieutenant Hesselyn, who was shot down in a battle with two enemy fighters, is in hospital and is suffering from bums on the face, arms, and feet It was stated in the message that the bums are healing and that he is recovering.
One of New Zealand’s best-known fighter pilots. Flight Lieutenant Hesselyn has a score of 22 enemy machines to his credit His award of the D.P.C was announced shortly after he was reported missing.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24112, 23 November 1943, Page 6
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