FAMOUS PILOTS HONOURED
(Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 14 Three famous Royal Air Force fighter pilots were decorated by the King at an investiture at Buckingham Palace, says the British official wireless. WingCommander Adolph Malan, officially credited with shooting down 32 enemv aircraft, received a bar to the Distinguished Service Order. The other two were Group Captain H. Broadhurst, who has led many fighter sweeps, and who also received a bar to the Distinguished Service Order, and Wing-Commander D. Gillam, who received the Distinguished Service Order and a bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24250, 16 April 1942, Page 8
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