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Aviation History
1940
1940 - 1979.PDF
JULY IT. 1940 Advertisements. 27- MONOPLANE PILOTS NEED MONOPLANE TRA AIRMAN'S D.S.O. FOR RESCUE FOUGHT NAZIS IN I TEAINER 'PLANE j The awards of the D.S.O. to \ one R.A.F. officer, the D.F.C. to \five others and the D.F.M. to a § sergeant who is posted as missing 'xwere announced last night. Act. Flt.-Lt. JAMES ANTHONY LEATHART, who receives the D.S.O.,flew a trainer aircraft to Calais Marck aerodrome to rescue asquadron commander who had been shot down but was un-injured. As he was taking off after the rescuean attack was made by 12 Messer- schrnitt 109's, but he shook off theenemy and landed without damage. Later he flew back to Englandunescorted. One day last month his .squadronattacked 60 'planes. With his squad- | ron he has shot down 15 Messer-j schmitts and possibly one Heinkel I III. and one Junkers 88 Flt.-Lt. Leathart, who was born at\ Upper Norwood. S.E., in 1915. ioined > the Auxiliary Air Force in 1936. andwas granted a commission in the 1 A F the following year. MNEW D.F.C s MILES MASTER AIRCRAFT LIMITED SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
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