“COBBER” KAIN
ACE OF AIR FORCE ON LEAVE IN ENGLAND FIVE PLANES DESTROYED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) April 8, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 7 The British press continues to describe the activities of Flying Officer (“Cobber”) Kain during his leave, and all credit him with being Britain’s first air ace. The Daily Mail says: “Every Briton is proud of him with five Nazi planes to his account. They are none the less proud because he is a New Zealander, but why the continued anonymity for homegrown heroes? Why is their identity always hidden? Similar reticence in the last war gave the impression that all the cases came from the Dominions.”
Flying Officer Kain is staying at Peterborough.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 8
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