BATTLE OF THE RUHR

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 230, 24 June 1943, Page 5

BATTLE OF THE RUHR

Air Force N.C.O.’s Decorated

Proof of the part that members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force overseas are taking iu the “battle of the Ruhr, is given in the latest awards of the Distinguished Flying Medal to each of eight New Zealand aircrew n.e.o.’a serving in the United Kingdom. The work of these newly-decorated men, five ot whom have since been commissioned, includes bombin- raids on Berlin. Frankfurt, Bremen, and other “popular” bomb-dropping centres and as far afield as Christiansund. Some of the recipients also served in tor-pedo-carrying aircraft. Official advice to the Air Department. Wellington, states that the recipients al p'ilot Officer (formerly Sergeant! Allisdair Archibald Matheson. R.N .Z.A.li Mrs. E. J. Matheson, C/o. Nurses Home, Public Hospital. Masterton (wile): Pilot Ollicer (formerly Sergeant) Jack Brokenshire Price, R.N.Z.A.I'. —Airs. E. Price, 1 Cockburn Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland (mother): Pilot Officer (formerly Sergeant) John Robert Lodgers. R N Z.A.lA—Mrs. B. B. Rodgers. 101 Wa'i-iti Road. Timaru (wife) ; Pilot Officer (formerly Flight Sergeant) Russell James Noonnn, R.N.Z.A.I.—-Mr. J. J. Noonan. 21 Wilsons Rond. Belfast. Christchurch (father): (formerly Sergeant) Murray David Mnggeridge, ' R.N.Z.A.F.—Mr. A. B. Mug--eridge, Manutahi, via Patea (father); Flight. Sergeant Ralph Crossgrove. R N Z A F —Mrs. B. Crossgrove. 5 James Lane. Auckland (wife) : Flight So'-gennt John Colbert. R.N.Z.A.F.—Mrs. M Colbert. To Puia Springs. East Coast (mother) ; Sergeant James Lionel Tumiae Williams. R.N.Z.A.F.—Mr. L. F. Williams, 110 Fox Street, Gisborne (father).