CHINESE RETAKE AIR BASE TOWN
(Rec 11 pm..) CHUNGKING. Feb. 87. A Chinese communique says tnat Chinese forces --have recaptured' the former American ' air base ,town of Suichwan, in- Kiangsi Province., :
LIBERATOR CREW SAVED
r (R.N.Z.A.F. Official News Service.), CALCUTTA, February 25. • By skilful piloting during .a bombing raid oh enemy objectives in the Rangoon area, a New. Zealand pilot not only saved a Liberator’s crew, but also accounted for a Japanese fighter. ; He is Flying Officer John. Haycock, Nelson. ’He made a swift but quite unorthodox, manoeuvre with his aircraft so that his waist gunner caught the enemy in his sights. Fifty rounds' did the rest, but not before the Liberator was swishing through shrubs only 11 feet - off the' ground. The Smoking enemy aircraft disappeared into the Irrawaddy. . . ’ Flying Officer Haycock arrived 1 in India early in 1944. After a short course at a jungle training school he was posted to his, present squadron.' He has made many long trips over enemy-occupied territory, including Siam, attacking communications -and installations.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24503, 28 February 1945, Page 8
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