R.A.F. HERO KILLED.
LONDON, May 22. Squadron-Loader Anthony Hibberd, the hero of scores of air engagements, lias been killed in a motor accident. Hibberd was noted lor his 11111113' daring exploits. He tapped a brilliant career last March with a spectacular attack or an enemy convoy, which won him the D.F.O. He was motoring from Scotland to Buckingham Palace to receive the decoration from the King when bis car overturned in Edinburgh. He was dead when extricated.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 153, 31 May 1941, Page 8
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77R.A.F. HERO KILLED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 153, 31 May 1941, Page 8
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