Newspaper Article 1945 – Colin Gray
HAMILTON BOYS LEARN FIGHTER TACTICS FROM NEW ZEALAND’S HIGHEST-SCORING AIR ACE
Wing Commander Colin F. Gray, D.S.O., D.F.C. and two bars, of Gisborne, had an attentive audience in members of the Air Training Corps when he spoke on combat tactics at Hamilton last week. With 27½ enemy aircraft to his credit, Wing Commander Gray is New Zealand’s top ace and one of the six highest-scoring pilots in the Royal Air Force.
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Great-great-grandson of Archbishop William Williams whose daughter, Emma Caroline was William Nelson’s second wife
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Newspaper articleDate published
19 September 1945Publisher
The Weekly NewsPeople
- Wing Commander Colin F Gray
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