AUCKLAND AIRMAN’S TASK
Flew “Flying Fortress” * \ Across Atlantic A young Aucklander, Flying Officer lan Patterson, aged 23, was one of the Royal Air Force officers honoured by special selection to fly the first of the American-built Boeing “flying fortress” bombers across the Atlantic for service against the Germans. A cablegram received by his father, Mr. John Patterson, One Tree Hill, stated he had arrived in, Britain after a record crossing.
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 71, 2 May 1941, Page 6
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70AUCKLAND AIRMAN’S TASK Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 71, 2 May 1941, Page 6
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