Tribute to Basil Stapleton by Ivan Berryman. (C) SIG396 An initial attack force of

An initial attack force of 280 USN aircraft were launched from nine American carriers

signed by the artist only

7 squadron

8 (Reconnaissance Experimental 8)

Tribute to Basil Stapleton by Ivan Berryman. (C) SIG396 An initial attack force ofDHM6705C. 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 1944,