D.S.O. FOR WING COMMANDER A. E. CLOUSTON
London, ApriJ 14. The- New Zealander Wing Commander A. E. Cl'Miston, of the R.A.F.. who before the war made a record-breaking flight from London to New Zealand and back, has been awarded the D.S.O. for service with a squadron operating against U-boats. Wing Commander Clouston, who already holds the D.F.C. and Bar, was oi.e of the pilots who. wearing protective helmets daily crashed planes into barrage balloon wires to perfect Britain's air defences.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 17 April 1944, Page 2
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