Wing Walking VC
In an astonishing act of bravery when the wing of a Wellington bomber caught fire over enemy territory, its New Zealand co-pilot decided that the only way to deal with the blaze was to crawl out onto the wing and extinguish it.
SECOND WORLD WAR
On his sixth operation, James Ward, a young New Zealand pilot was flying as copilot in a Wellington of 75 Squadron from RAF Feltwell, Norfolk, on the night of 7/8 August 1941. The mission to Munster, Germany was considered a relatively ‘low risk’...
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