Out on the wing to fight a fire
7 July 1941: James Ward awarded VC after climbing out of his aircraft mid air
New Zealander Sergeant James Ward provided a dramatic account of his flight home from a bombing operation over Germany on the 7th July.
It was on one of the Munster raids that it happened. It had been one of those trips that you dream about—hardly any opposition over the…
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