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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24261, 1 April 1940, Page 7

"THE FIRST ACE OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE”—PiIot "Cobber” Kain (right), the 21-year-old New Zealand fighter whose brilliant exploits have won him the ranking of the first ace of the R.A.F. on the Western Front, reloading his machine with ammunition before going on patrol. This picture was taken just after his brilliant success in a battle over the Siegfried Line early this month in which he shot down one Messerschmitt fighter and drove oft' another which was believed to have crashed. That was Kain’s third, perhaps fourth, German plane. Last week he was the hero of another action in which he “ bagged ” two more MesSerschmitts, making his total three Messerschmitts and two, probably three Dorniers. The five enemy machines with which he is officially credited constitute a record for any fighter. H© has come down twice in flames and escaped with minor injuries.