Paris, June 8.
Lieutenant-General Pownal, Chief of Staff of General Viscount Gort, the Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, arrived in France today and conferred with Generalissimo Maxime Weygand, the announced this Orders had been issued for the bridge to be destroyed at all costs. Despite intense gunfire, and enemy protective fighters, the bridge was attacked from a low altitude.
Much of the success of the vital operation was attributed to the formation of the leader, and the coolness and resource of Gray. Only one aircraft returned from the mission. Both Garland and Gray are missing.
Garland was born in Ireland, but his home was in Yorkshire, Gray was a native of Wiltshire, and his parents live at Bath.
The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Flying Officer Oliver Donaldson, a 28 year old Canadian, to Flying Ofücer David Pryde of Crieff, Scotland, and the Distinguished Flying Medal to Leading Aircraftsman Brian Gray of Newcastle, according to an Air Ministry announcement.—Reuter.
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