R.A.F. Officer Gets D.S.C.
[British Official Wireless] (Rec. noon) RUGBY, Feb. 17. The first R.A.F. officer in this war to get the Distinguished Service Cross (the naval equivalent of the Military Cross) received the medal from th~ King at an investiture at Buckingham Palace recently.
He is Flight-Lieutenant R. F. L. Coates, officer commanding the R.A.F. high speed launch base at Dover. He has been decorated for continuous zealous service during the seven months he has been in command of R.A.F. air sea rescue launches. During that time the R.A.F. launches at Dover and the Navy, acting in close co-oper-ation, have rescued large numbers of pilots and air crews, both Allied and enemy.
It is frequently necessary for the rescue craft to brave the dangers of minefields and enemy surface vessels and aircraft in their task.
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Northern Advocate, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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