D.S.O. TO N.Z. AIRMAN

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1942, Page 5

D.S.O. TO N.Z. AIRMAN

SQUADRON LEADER A. ASHWORTH (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.) (Rec. noon.) LONDON, August 10. The D.S.O. has been awarded to Squadron Leader A. Ashworth, D.F.C., of Alexandra, Otago. He is one of the airmen whom Mr. Nash, met last week. Squadron Leader Arthur Ashworth was born in Gisborne in 1920 and educated at the Alexandra District High School. His mother, Mrs- E. M. Ashworth, lives at Alexandria. He was employed in the aerodrome services of the Public Works Department before his selection for a short-service commission. He received his early training in Wellington immediately after the

Squadron Leader Arthur Ashworth, D.5.0., D.F.C. outbreak of war. As a pilot officer, he was awarded the D.F.C. for carrying out an attack on the Scharnhorst at Brest in June last year. He approached his objective after dropping flares and circling above the area for 75 minutes. He also aimed a bomb over a 10,000-ton ship entering the docks. After dropping his bombs, despite an intense barrage, he made eight surveying runs at a low altitude. "He displayed outstanding skill and courage and infinite care in his efforts to bomb the objectives accurately," the citation stated. Mexican Boxing: Champion.—Manuel Ortiz became the first Mexican to hold a world boxing championship, defeating Lou Salica at New York over 12 rounds at bantam weights.