INVERCARGILL AIRMEN IN MID-ATLANTIC
GRIM WAR-TIME INCIDENT
Two Invercargill airmen featured in a grim war-time incident in midAtlantic which has been described by Flying Officer J. L. Swift, D.F.C., in a letter to his parents, Mr and Mrs G. L. Swift, of Invercargill. Flying Officer Swift was travelling by sea from England to Canada, his ship being in a convoy escorted by destroyers and Sunderland flying-boats. When the liner was two days out from England its engines broke down and it was left behind by the convoy. That morning some ships in the convoy were torpedoed within 16 miles of the stationary liner, but the convoy escort destroyed an enemy submarine. Flying Officer Swift said he believed that Flight Lieutenant P. Gibson, son of Police Inspector’ T. Gibson, of Invercargill, was piloting the flying-boat escort and he attributed his safe crossing to the flying-boat bombing the submarine.
Having spent several months in Canada, Flying Officer Swift has now returned to England, according to the latest advice received by his parents.
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Southland Times, Issue 24446, 28 May 1941, Page 4
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