BATTLE OF RUHR
AW ARDS TO AIR FORCE N.C.O.’s Wellington, This Day. Proof of the part that members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force overseas are taking in the “battle of the Ruhr,” is given in the latest awards of the Distinguished Flying Medal to each of eight New Zealand aircrew n.c.o.’s serving in the* United Kingdom. The work of these newly-decorated men, five of whom have since been commissioned, includes bombing raids on Berlin, Frankfurt, Bremen, and other “popular” bomb-dropping centres, and as far afield as Christiansund. Some of the recipients also served in torpedo-carrying aircraft. Official advice to the Air Department, Wellington, states that the recipients are:—
Pilot Officer (formerly Sergeant ) A 1 lisdair Archibald Matheson, R.N.Z.A.F., Masterton. Pilot Officer (formerly Sergeant) Jack Brokenshire Price, R.N.Z.A.F., Grey Lynn, Auckland. Pilot Officer (formerly Sergeant) John Robert Rodgers, R.N.Z.A.F., Timaru. Pilot Officer
(formerly Flight Sergeant) Russell James Noonan, R.N.Z.A.F., Belfast, Christchurch. Pilot Officer (formerly Sergeant) Murray David Muggeridge, R.N.Z.A.F., Manutahi, via Patea. Flight Sergeant Ralph Crossgrove, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Flight Sergeant John Colbert, R.N.Z.A.F., Te Puia Springs, East Coast. Sergeant James Lionel Tapuae Williams, R.N.Z.A.F., Gisborne.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 24 June 1943, Page 5
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