BRAVERY IN MID-AIR
! KEPT PLANE ON COURSE, (llec. 11.47 a.m.) RUGBY, July 20. The D.E.M. has been awarded to Leading-Aircraftsman Milton Griffin, No. 10 Squadron, R.A.A.F. The official account says that in June, 1941, the airman was first fitter of a Sunderland aircraft which in the course of operations was attacked by an enemy Foekwolte aircraft. After the engagement it was found the Sunderland was losing large quantities of oil. Griffin crawled on to a wing and discovered two large holes in the bottom of the oil tank. Returning to the hull, he obtained tools, plugs, and a two-gallon drum of oil, which lie took into the wing and, after plugging the holes and piercing the top of the oil tank, he pourqd in the oil by means of a small tin and maintained a continuous supply of oil.
Griffin made tour journeys into the wing and in all spent two hours nursing the engine in intense heat and in a very cramped position.—Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 196, 21 July 1941, Page 5
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