TWO V.C.s TOGETHER from the same station. Sergeant John Hannah, V.C., and Flight-Lieutenant Learoyd, V.C., who was awarded his for accurate low bombing under heavy fire on the Dortmund Ems Canal. Sergeant Hannah, who is only 18, fought a fire that had broken out in a bomber while on a raid over Germany. The pilot was able to take it back to its base.
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Southland Times, Issue 24273, 2 November 1940, Page 5
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64TWO V.C.s TOGETHER from the same station. Sergeant John Hannah, V.C., and Flight-Lieutenant Learoyd, V.C., who was awarded his for accurate low bombing under heavy fire on the Dortmund Ems Canal. Sergeant Hannah, who is only 18, fought a fire that had broken out in a bomber while on a raid over Germany. The pilot was able to take it back to its base. Southland Times, Issue 24273, 2 November 1940, Page 5
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