WING COMMANDER JAMESON, DSO., DFC. - Wing Commander Jameson, DSO., DFC & Bar., of Fighter Command, who led the Norwegian Wing from December 1942 until 14th May 1943, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1912. He served with Squadron in Norway as Flight Commander and won the in that capacity. When with the Norwegian wing he was once attacked by eight enemy aircraft he fought his way out and led the Wing back to base without loss. A few days later the wing, escorting bombers on a raid, engaged a formation of enemy fighters and shot down seven, of which two fell to Wing
WING COMMANDER JAMESON, DSO., DFC. - Wing Commander Jameson, DSO., DFC & Bar., of Fighter Command, who led the Norwegian Wing from December 1942 until 14th May 1943, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1912. He served with Squadron in Norway as Flight Commander and won the in that capacity. When with the Norwegian wing he was once attacked by eight enemy aircraft he fought his way out and led the Wing back to base without loss. A few days later the wing, escorting bombers on a raid, engaged a formation of enemy fighters and shot down seven, of which two fell to Wing Commander Jameson � On leaving Norway he was aboard the aircraft carrier "GLORIOUS" when she was sunk, and was three days without food or water on a Carley float before being picked up by a Norwegian tramp steamer. He flew on the Dieppe combined operation and destroyed a Altogether he has accounted for nine enemy aircraft, two of them by night. Picture (issued 1943) shows - Wing Commander Jameson, DSO., DFC & Bar, Royal Air Force
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