Show flying hero wins coveted medal C t X iti A SZ gar Q W maj gen frank R mccoy commandant of the second corps a area ren pins the distinguished flying cross the most coveted medal in american military aviation on the tunic of richard aldworth U S A retired superintendent of newark nevark airport at mitchell field where also a formal ground and air review was hold to honor the a hier flier for an act abt of heroism he performer performed morel more than ten years ago the medal was awarded to lieutenant aldworth by president roosevelt foghis heroic action of more than ten yeas ago when he deliberately crashed his disabled pursuit plane in the breakers off Rockaway beach narrowly e escaping death rather than imperil a group of children on the sandy shore where he might have landed safely |