PERSONAL COURAGE
INITIATIVE SHOWN SORELY-WOUNDED FLYER (Reed. Nov. 29, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 28. Stories of great personal courage, initiative and resource among all British arms pour in. An Australian piloting one of 20 Tomahawks which engaged 60 Axis bombers and fighters ran out of ammunition. He carried on fighting with his revolver. These Tomahawks shot down 10 planes for the loss of two. A South African Tomahawk pilot had a foot shot off by a shell, but determined to fly to the base. He realised that he was on the verge of collapse when half-way back. Therefore he emptied his water bottle over his head. He was forced to give up the struggle five miles from the base, but neatly landed the plane before hg collapsed.
His rescuers asked why he did noi bale out. He replied; “I had to get my plane home.”
A South African sergeant during the tank battle at Sidi Rezegh climbed on to a German tank. A German pushed up the turret to shoot him. He dropped in a grenade, blowing up the tank and himself.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 7
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