sentences:  The citation for the award described his "cool and accurate fire" which " undoubtedly saved his aircraft and probably destroyed the attacker".He took a pilot's course and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in 1942, commanding a flight of Spitfire fighters in 124 Squadron.His aircraft was shot down over Louches in northern France, probably by a Fw 190 of JG 26, on 17 February 1943.