WINNER OF THE D.F.C.
Pilot Officer Tacon, • Hastings Pilot Officer Tacon, Hastings, wrongly cabled as of Napier, who has been awarded the D.F.C., is a son of Mr. E. R. Tacon, Riverslea Road, Hastings, and is a member of a well-known family. He is 22 years of age and was educated at Hastings Convent School and later at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream.’ In July, 1938, he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force and in April of the following year went to England. He was stationed at Lucas, Scotland, where he did three months’ navigational training before being drafted to a bombing squaddon. In a recent letter to his home he mentioned that he was then flying a Lockheed Hudson bomber. Flying Officer “Cobber’’ Kain is also i Hastings-born pilot.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 28, 21 June 1940, Page 7
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130WINNER OF THE D.F.C. Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 28, 21 June 1940, Page 7
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