MORE AIR AWARDS
D.F.C.’s To New Zealanders
Sergeants R. J. C. Grant and William Jack Scott, of the R.N.Z.A.F., have been awarded the D.F.C.
Sergeant Grant took part in 22 operations over enemy territory in which he destroyed two enemy planes and damaged several others. By his keenness and devotion to duty, the citation states, he set an excellent example. t
A Flight Lieutenant of the R.A.F. and Sergeant Scott as pilot and airgunner respectively, achieved conspicuous success during night fighting operations one night in April. They destroyed a .Heiilkel 111, and since then they have destroyed three more enemy planes, two of which were shot down during the same patrol. Both the pilot and Sergeant Scott displayed great skill and determination during these operations.
A New Zealander in the R.A.F., Acting Squadron Leader Victor Bosanquet Verity, has been awarded the D.F.C. The citation states: “He has shown a fine example by the skill with which he has intercepted enemy planes at night time and by the deter , initiation he has displayed in his at tacks. He has destroyed at least two
enemy planes and damaged two others.”
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 86, 22 August 1941, Page 7
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