AIR-SEA RESCUES

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 278, 21 August 1944, Page 4

AIR-SEA RESCUES

Wellington Airman’s D.F.C. For the gallant part he has played on a very large number of sorties, including many air-sea rescue missions, W arrant IDfficer William Louis Butler, son of Mrs. F. Butler. 100 Oriental Parade, Wellington, lias been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, states official advice received by the Air Department from London. The citation to the award adds that Warrant Officer Butler has assisted in saving a large number of personnel from the sea. “He has at all times displayed a high standard of gallantry and devotion- to duty and his record is worthy of the highest praise.” Applying for service in the R.A.Z.A.I'. shortly after the outbreak of war. Warrant Officer Butler, thou 26 years of age, left his boot and shoo business .in Wellington in February. 1940, to train as an air gunner. He bad long been interested in aviation and was a member of an aeronautics club. He left New Zealand for overseas service in Anril. 1940. He was married in .1941, his wife. Mrs. M. I). Butler, living at Leicester, his own birthplace.