AIRMAN DECORATED
DESTROYED ENEMY PLANES
LONDON, May 20,
A member of the Royal Air Force, Acting Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Watt Coleman, who gained the D.F.C. last November, has now been awarded a bar to the cross. The citation said:
"Acting Flight Lieutenant Coleman japtained a bomber in a night attack on Benina aerodrome this month. He displayed great skill and tenacity in locating the target, which was eventually observed by a parachute flare. He carried out a most determined attack with bombs and machine-guns from heights varying f:-om 3000 to 900 feet, destroying at least two Junkers 52's on the ground and damaging others.
"After returning from this operation, Acting Flight Lieutenant Coleman was driving in a lorry when a .plane coming in to land crashed and burst into flames. He immediately ran to another plane nearby, and though bombs and petrol tanks were exploding, he started the engine and taxied the. plane to safety. He has continuously displayed outstanding courage and devotion to duty.'—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 11
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