ACTING SQUADRON LEADER FRANCIS JOSEPH SOPER, DFM., SQUADRON, AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. - This officer has displayed the utmost keenness and determination to destroy the enemy. In September 1941, while patrolling over a convoy at dusk, Squadron Leader Soper observed a Junkers 88 diving to attack the convoy. The vessels opened up with considerable fire. Despite this, Squadron Leader Soper closed in on the attacker and flying through the barrage, pressed home his attacj with the utmost determination, until the enemy aircraft went down into the sea. Squadron Leader
ACTING SQUADRON LEADER FRANCIS JOSEPH SOPER, DFM., SQUADRON, AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. - This officer has displayed the utmost keenness and determination to destroy the enemy. In September 1941, while patrolling over a convoy at dusk, Squadron Leader Soper observed a Junkers 88 diving to attack the convoy. The vessels opened up with considerable fire. Despite this, Squadron Leader Soper closed in on the attacker and flying through the barrage, pressed home his attacj with the utmost determination, until the enemy aircraft went down into the sea. Squadron Leader Soper has now destroyed fourteen enemy aircraft of which two have been destroyed at night. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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