Tribute to Basil Stapleton by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SQN241 became the first Royal Air

became the first Royal Air Force unit to become operational flying the Mosquito B

Intrigued with the possibility of using this aircraft also as a dive bomber

Brigadier General Ran Ronen Peker

Emden and Blucher by Randall Wilson

Tribute to Basil Stapleton by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SQN241 became the first Royal AirDHM6705AP. Tribute to Basil Stapleton by Ivan Berryman. Spitfire Ace Basil Gerald Stapme Stapleton achieved Ace status with 6 victories during the Battle of Britain in 1940. He is shown here in his Spitfire XT L of No. 603 Sqn during combat with German Ace Franz von Werra the German ultimately survived being shot down over Kent in this encounter. Stapleton went on to fly Typhoons before himself being forced down behind enemy lines and captured in