HAZARDOUS FEAT
RESCUE OF FIGHTER PILOT AWARD TO FLYING BOAT CAPTAIN (P.A.) AUCKLAND. Dec. 13. The Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall has announced that the King has been pleased to approve the immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying Officer Christopher David John Regan, R.N.Z.A.F. The citation states that an extremely hazardous rescue of a New Zealand fighter pilot, whose aircraft had been forced down in rough sea, three miles off enemy-occupied territory on New Britain, was made by Flying Officer Regan, who was captain of a Catalina flying boat. Faced with the dual risk of alighting on the surface with waves 10 to 12 feet high and of an attack from enemy territory on his lee, Flying Officer Regan, fully aware of the hazards involved, made a brilliant, cross-wind landing. He rescued the fighter pilot from the water, and his conduct throughout was in accordance with the highest traditions of the serVl Flying Officer Regan has completed three tours of duty in the Pacific. He was born at Palmerston North in 1915. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs E Regan, of Palmerston North.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26026, 14 December 1945, Page 4
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185HAZARDOUS FEAT Otago Daily Times, Issue 26026, 14 December 1945, Page 4
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