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| | Flight Lieutenant Don Gannon obituary - Times Online |
 | | Gannon navigated the RAF Canberra piloted by Flight Lieutenant Roland Burton, which touched down at Christchurch 41 minutes ahead of its closest rival — a Canberra of the Royal Australian Air Force — after 23hr 51min in the air. |
 | | The flight was planned as an affair of five stages with stops at Shaibah in Iraq, Ceylon, the Cocos Islands and Perth, the last and longest leg being the 3,150 miles from there to Christchurch. |
 | | Flight Lieutenant Don Gannon, DFC, AFC, RAF navigation specialist, was born on August 5, 1923. |
| www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0%2C%2C60-2417829.html (1148 words) |
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