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A Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant M. R. J. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve, who completed an operational tour in Spitfires of No. 130 Squadron, prior to transferring to
Mosquitoes of the Path Finder Force and raising his operational sorties to the 70 mark - six of them on the “Berlin
Express” run
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and privately engraved, ‘M.R.J. C-S’; 1939-45 STAR;
AIR CREW EUROPE STAR, clasp, France and Germany; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, extremely fine (5) £1000-1200
D.F.C. London Gazette 22 May 1945. The original recommendation states:
‘Flight Lieutenant M. R. J. Chetwynd-Stapylton was the pilot of a Spitfire in 130
(F) Squadron from June 1941 to January 1942, during which time he made 35
sweeps. Since September 1944, this officer has made 34 sorties in Mosquito
aircraft over Germany and has had a most successful series of operations,
showing at all times determination and keenness.’
Miles Richard John Chetwynd-Stapylton was born in May 1918 and was
educated at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. And he
commenced his operational career in No. 130 Squadron, a Spitfire unit operating
out of Portreath as part of No. 10 Group, Fighter Command, in June 1941, in
which capacity he flew 35 operational sorties in the period leading up to January
1942, either on convoy defence or bomber escort missions, and on offensive
cross-Channel sweeps.
Most likely employed as an instructor in the interim, he returned to operations in
Mosquitoes of No. 128 Squadron in September 1944, a unit of the Path Finder
Force’s Fast Night Striking Force based at Wyton, Huntingdonshire, adding
another 34 sorties to his tally by the time of being recommended for his D.F.C. in
February 1945. These latter operations, largely categorised as “nuisance raids”,
were all conducted against German targets, and including no less than six trips to
Berlin and three to Hamburg, 128’s Mosquitoes carrying 4000lb “Cookies”.
Chetwynd-Stapylton died in February 1970, aged 51 years.
Sold with an original letter from the recipient’s sister, dated 22 February 1996, in
which she confirms she still owns his Flying Log Books, together with several
copied wartime photographs, presumably as supplied by her.
Flight Lieutenant Chetwynd-Stapylton, D.F.C., left
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A Second World War A.F.C. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant K. E. Walters, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, late Royal Air Force
AIR FORCE CROSS, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; CORONATION 1953, together with a set
of related miniature dress medals, extremely fine (8) £1200-1400
A.F.C. London Gazette 3 April 1945. The original recommendation states:
‘Acting Flight Lieutenant Walters has been a member of the Royal Air Force Reserve since 1935. He was called up for active service in
February 1942, and has been employed on flying instructors’ duties and on his work in the examining Flight since then. His ability as
an instructor and the consistently high standard which he has always demanded from himself and his pupils have at all times been very
noticeable.’
Kenneth Elliot Walters, who was born in January 1908, was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in June 1942 and eventually retired in the
rank of Flight Lieutenant in 1961. He died in October 1975; sold with the recipient’s original Coronation Medal 1953 certificate.
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