WON POLISH V.C.
(Special Correspondent.) (Rec. 1.20 p.m.l LONDON, Jan. 12. Poland's Victoria Cross—the Virtu t-i Militari or Silver Cross, which is the highest military award a Pole can winhas been awarded to Wing-Cotiinwindcr A. 11. Boxer, of Hastings. No account of how Boxer won ihe aduard can be given until after the war. He won the D.F.C. last March, the citation stating that ho had carried out several longrange sortie*. Once when hundreds of miles from his base one of his engines failed, but he reached his base safe'y. Some time later ho completed a return flight from a distant target under similai circumstances. He is a very reliable nnd determined pilot.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 38, 13 January 1944, Page 2
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