COURAGE COMMENDED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 9 January 1942, Page 6

COURAGE COMMENDED

NEW ZEALAND PILOT London, Jan. 7. The Commander-in-Chief of the Bomber Command has brought to the notice of all bomber stations the com- j mendable courage and resolution of a young Auckland pilot officer, C. P. 1 Towsey, during a recent raid on Brest, j Though the whole of the crew j suffered severely from air sickness be- 1 cause of exceptionally bad weather and I their oxygen supply failing. Pilot 1 Officer Towsey pressed on to the target, placed his bombs successfully, and then safely returned to base. Pilot Officer Towsey had to carry on almost unaided because of the illness and lack of oxygen of the exhausted crew. The flight lasted over eight hours, includ-1 ing from two to three hours without oxygen at a great height. The Commander-in-Chief declared that the exploit was all the more com-j mendable because it was only Pilot Officer Towsey’s fourth operation as a captain.—U.P.A. MORE RAIDS ON NAVAL BASES OBJECTIVES OF BOMBER COMMAND (Rec. 10.45 a.m.) Rugby, Jan. 8. An Air Ministry communique states: “German naval bases at Brest and St. . Nazaire were strongly attacked last I night by aircraft of the Bomber Com- | mand. No aircraft is missing from j these operations.—B.O.W. “Nothing to report” was again the j official communique regarding daylight j air activity over Britain.—B.O.W. j