AWARDS FOR COURAGE
NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN (Rec. 0.45 a.m.) LONDON, July 16. Acting Wing Commander Irving Stanley Smith, of Onehunga, has been awarded a bar to his D.F.C. The citation states:—“Wing Commander Smith has shown himself to be a fine leader and has displayed great judgment, skill and courage in all his combats. During a night engagement in February with hostile aircraft attempting to attack a convoy, he destroyed one and damaged another enemy machine. During a night patrol in June Wing Commander Smith destroyed two and probably accounted for another machine. Warrant Officer Francis Enslie Hogg, R.N.Z.A.F., of Masterton, has been awarded the D.F.C. for persistence and skill in bombing enemy aerodromes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24970, 17 July 1942, Page 3
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