RAID ON MANNHEIM
NEW ZEALAND AWARDS
Pilot and navigator respectively in a bomber engaged in bombing Mannheim last month, Acting Flight Lieutenant James Henry Wright and Pilot Ofl&cer Sydney Colin Rive Mackie, both of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, have been awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses according to official information received by the Air Department, Wellington. The citation accompanying the awards stated that the operation demanded a high degree of skill and the success achieved reflected the greatest credit on the efforts of those members of aircrew who executed their task faultlessly. They had taken part in many previous operations and had always displayed courage, determination, and devotion to duty of a high order.
Flight Lieutenant Wright was born at Masterton, and was educated at the Wairarapa High School. Mr. F. H. Wright, 127 Dixon Street, Masterton, is his father.
Pilot Officer Mackie was also born at Jvtasterton, and was educated at Takapuna Grammar School, Auckland. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. M. I. Mackie, 73 Vauxhall Road, Devonport, Auckland.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 87, 9 October 1943, Page 6
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170RAID ON MANNHEIM Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 87, 9 October 1943, Page 6
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