NINETEEN "KILLS"
SYDNEY. Jan. 9,
Two famous Roydl Air Force pilots have now each shot down 19 Nazi night sneak-raiders attacking Britain, says the Sydney Sun's London bureau.
Shooting down a Focke-Wulf 190 last Sunday night, Wing-Commander J. Cunningham, D.S.O. and bar, D.F.C. and bar, levelled np with Wing-Commander J. R. Braham, D.S.O. and bar, D.F.C. and two bars, who had held the lead for four months. - * t Cunningham's ob'scrvor, FlightLieut. 0. F. Raunsley, D. 5.0., D.F.C, D.S.M., has shared in 18 of tho pilot's 20 kills, which include one day success.
Braham has also scored a day victory.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 38, 13 January 1944, Page 5
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