New Zealander Colin Fralkand Gray was on 54 Sqn, RAF, when the war started. He shared in bringing down several enemy aircraft. His individual successes began with two Bf 109 s in July 1940. In August he got six Bf 109s, two of them on one sortie, and three 110s, again two on the same operation. In September he destroyed two Bf 109s, a 110 and an Hw 111. By then he has a DFC and Bar.
He became a wing commander, survived the war with a score of 27.5, a DSO and a second bar to his DFC, and retired as a Group Captain..
He was New Zealand’s top scoring ace with 27.3 victories.
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