Young Auckland Airman In Flying Fortress
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 23. A young Aucklander, Flying-Officer lan Patterson, aged 23, was one of the Royal Air Force officers honoured by special selection to fly the first of the American-built Boeing “ Flying Fortress” bombers across the Atlantic for service against the Germans. A cablegram received by his father, Mr. John Patterson, of One Tree Hill, stated that he had arrived in Britain after a record crossing.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 97, 24 April 1941, Page 8
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75Young Auckland Airman In Flying Fortress Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 97, 24 April 1941, Page 8
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