COLE Edward Fraderick (F/O) RCAF n° R157880

 

Distinguished Flying Cross
Annonce parue dans le London Gazette le 30 janvier 1945

As observer and pilot respectively, Flying Officer Martin and Warrant Officer Cole have completed a large number of operational missions. They have displayed a high degree of skill and determination and throughout have set a fine example of devotion to duty. During a recent sortie they were responsible for the destruction of two enemy aircraft. In the second of the fights one wing of the hostile aircraft was shot away. It struck Warrant Officer Cole's aircraft which sustained severe damage. Height was gradually lost but Warrant Officer Cole flew a considerable distance to reach an airfield where a safe landing was effected. On the flight home he received the greatest assistance from Flying Officer Martin, whose navigation, although deprived of the use of many of his instruments, was faultless. These members of aircraft crew displayed courage and coolness in difficult circumstances.