Bob Kershaw
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Bob Kershaw
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Robert H. C. (Bob) Kershaw was a fighter pilot and later businessman of South Africa, notable as the first South African recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in World War II, for his rescue of downed squadron leader John Frost. Kershaw and Frost were flying Hawker Hurricanes in the No. 3 Squadron of the South African Air Force when they were sent to Kenya in early 1941 as part of a campaign against Italian forces in Abyssinia. On 15 March, during an attack on Diredawa airfield, Frost's t
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2024-02-02T20:34:00Z
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