DECORATED FOR BRAVERY - The citation reads "In May 1940, an aircraft crashed near the quarters, the pilot being seriously injured, another officer killed outright and two airmen slightly injured. Upon hearing the crush, Corporal Pearson rushed to it, and although the aircraft was burning and she knew there were bombs aboard, she stood near the wreckage rendering first aid to the pilot, who was stunned, and assisted him in getting clear, releasing his parachute harness in doing so. When he was on the ground about 30 yards away a 120 lb. bomb went off, Corporal Pearson at once t
DECORATED FOR BRAVERY - The citation reads "In May 1940, an aircraft crashed near the quarters, the pilot being seriously injured, another officer killed outright and two airmen slightly injured. Upon hearing the crush, Corporal Pearson rushed to it, and although the aircraft was burning and she knew there were bombs aboard, she stood near the wreckage rendering first aid to the pilot, who was stunned, and assisted him in getting clear, releasing his parachute harness in doing so. When he was on the ground about 30 yards away a 120 lb. bomb went off, Corporal Pearson at once threw herself on top of the pilot to protect him from blast and splinters. Picture (issued 1945) shows - CORPORAL [now Flight Officer] JOAN DAPHNE MARY PEARSON, GEORGE CROSS. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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