THREE D.F.C.'S

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 41, 16 August 1941, Page 10

THREE D.F.C.'S

NEW ZEALANDERS HONOURED

(Rec. 9 a.m.) LONDON, August 15. Sergeants R. J. C. Grant and William Jack Scott, of the R.N.Z.A.F., have been awarded the D.F.C. Sergeant Grant took part in 22 operaI tions over enemy territory in which he destroyed two enemy planes and damaged several others. By his keenness and devotion to duty, the citation states, he set an excellent example. A Flight Lieutenant of the R.A.F. and Sergeant Scott as pilot and airgunner respectively, achieved conspicuous success during night fighting operations one night in April. They destroyed a Heinkel 111, and since then they have destroyed three more enemy planes, two of which were shot down during the same patrol. Both the pilot and Sergeant Scott displayed great skill and determination during these operations. A New Zealander in the R.A.F., Acting Squadron Leader Victor Bosanquet Verity, has been .awarded the D.F.C. The citation states: "He has shown a fine.example by the skill with which he has intercepted enemy planes at night time and by the detex*mination he has displayed in his attacks. He has destroyed at least two enemy planes and damaged two others."