Cam Malfroy

Tennis career In the 1930s Cam Malfroy was a well-known tennis player and represented New Zealand in the Davis Cup. He played 12 matches for New Zealand between 1934 and 1939. In singles he won two matches and lost five, and in doubles he won three matches and lost two. Away from the Davis Cup, he was in the final of the New Zealand tennis championships in 1932 and 1933, winning the title in 1933 after a five-set victory in the final against Clifford Sproule. He also competed in a number of Grand Slam tournaments, nine times at Wimbledon, and once each in the France and Australian Opens. The furthest he progressed in any of these was to the fourth round of the 1931 Wimbledon championships. After his 1934, the year of his final triumph in the New Zealand championships, he moved to England and thereafter only competed in Europe, notably at Wimbledon, but also a number of other minor tournaments. As a doubles player he also won the Men's title twice (once in 1929–30 partnering D. G. France and a second time in 1932–33 partnering I. A. Seay) and won the Mixed Doubles in 1932–33 partnering Miss M. Macfarlane.

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Military career Malfroy learned to fly in 1931–32 while a student at Cambridge University with the University Air Squadron. Soon after the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 he was mobilised with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and joined No. 501 Squadron RAF. On 10 May 1940, the start of the German offensive against Western Europe and France, his squadron moved across the English Channel as reinforcements for the RAF units already there. It was recorded that Malfroy claimed a Heinkel He 111 of II./KG 53 destroyed on 11 May near Bétheniville. and the American Distinguished Flying Cross.