DANGEROUS TASK
NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN LONDON, Aug. 16. Described in a broadcast as one of the Royal Air Force “back room boys,” Wing-Commander A. E, Clouston, the famous New - Zealand longdistance flier, carries out the dangerous work of .testing cables of barrage balloons. Wing-Commander Clouston’s particular job is.to fly into various balloon cables to find out the type,, pf cable, and the length, which will be most effective in cutting through the wings of Axis planes. Sometimes the cable being tested by him gets caught in the propeller, and whips round the fuselage of his plane with a force sufficient to decapitate a man. Wing-Commander Clouston wears a motor-cyclis.t’s crash helmet for his job. and Ills cockpit is covered in a steel mesh for added protection.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20865, 18 August 1942, Page 3
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