AWARD OF D.C.F.
GREYM 0U TH AIRMAN 21 MAJOR RAIDS RESOURCE AND DARING INCIDENT AT FLUSHING (News by Cable.) LONDON, Sept. 27. Pilot-Officer Frank Henderson Denton, of Groymouth, lias been awarded the Distinguished Flying Gross. The citation says that lie showed great resource and daring in successfully attacking Chartres acrodromo from a very low altitude, although the enemy tried to tempt him with a dummy flare path. On another occasion, failing to locate a Ruhr target owing to severe weather, he decided to attack the docks and shipping, at Flushing. He broke through cloud at 1000 ft. through a devastating curtain of fire and released his bombs. The altitude was so low that the force of the explosions Ttfclcctqd the plane hundreds of feet. He saw large fires and explosions, and brought his plane back to the base with difficulty with gaiiing holes in each wing. Pilot-Officer Denton has participated in 21 major bombing raids. He is a determined and courageous captain and carries the complete confidence of liis crew and associates.
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Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 317, 30 September 1940, Page 4
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