Squadron , Leader J. P. Farrow, D.F.C., D.F.M., who is reported a prisoner of war in Germany, is one of the New Zealand pilots who has seen a great deal of operational flying during the way. Going overseas as a sergeant-pilot, he received commissioned rank after exploits, which confirmed him as an able and daring bomber pilot, his first decoration being the result of bringing home a badly damaged bomber from a raid over Emden. He was mentioned in dispatches early this year during an episode when an Aeroplane, of which he was in charge as an instructor, caught fire at a very low level, his coolness in regaining the controls to bring it back to earth being an achievement worthy of note. The award of the D.F.C. came following a mining operation on the Kiel Canal at about the time of the Allied landing in France. He was reported missing in recent operations over enemy territory, but is now r

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