AWARD OF D.S.C
Zealous Service Recognised RUGBY, February 17. The first Royal Air Force officer m this war to get the Distinguished Service Cross—the naval equivalent of the Military Cross—received his decoration from the King at an Investiture at Buckingham Palace recently. He is Flight Lieutenant R. F. L. Coates, Officer Commanding the Royal Air Force high speed launch base at Dover. He has been decorated for continued zealous service during the seven months that he has been in command of the Royal Air Force air sea rescue launches. During that time the Royal Air Force high speed launches at Dover and the Navy, acting in close co-opera-tion, have rescued large numbers cf pilots and air crews, both Allied and enemy. It is frequently necessary for the rescue craft to brave the dangers cf minefields and enemy surface vessels and aircraft in their task.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22201, 19 February 1942, Page 6
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144AWARD OF D.S.C Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22201, 19 February 1942, Page 6
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