DECORATIONS FOR FLIERS
GREAT COURAGE IN SORTIE LONDON, Oct. I A single Royal Air Force sortie lias resulted ir; decorations for six officers and one airman. There was one D. 5.0., one Bar to the D.F.C., lour D.F.C. and one D.F.M. One night in August the recipients participated in a sortie involving a mine-laying mission over the Dort-mund-Ems Canal. Despite the fact that the area was most heavily defended mines were laid with great precision.
The success achieved reflects the greatest credit on the outstanding skill and great daring of members of the crew, aMy led by Wing Commander J. M. Birkin.
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Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22468, 2 October 1944, Page 5
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