Shanghai, June 15.
Brief details have new been received in Shanghai of the heroic incident for which Pilot Officer T. D. H, Davy, son of Mr. T. D, Davy, of} the "North China Daily News," was recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, According to an official release by the Air Ministry in London on May 23, Pilot OMlcer Davy was one of six volunteers chosen to attack two vital bridges over the Albert Canal, He was the only one of the six to return.
After diving to drop his bombs, the was attacked by a Messerschmitt 109 while he was climbing to regain hhelght. He dodged this attack and it is believed that he shot the enemy fighter down in the ensuing short encounter.
"Pilot Oflleer Davy succeeded _in getting back safely to his base. The Jdestruction of the bridges over the Albert Canal was regarded as an imtrative piece of military strategy at that time.
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