He remained in service after the war, even though he struggled with health issues that threatened his forced resignation.

Charles Philip Oldfield Bartlett was born on 3 January 1889 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England.

However, this was incidental to his main mission, as the citation for his Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) makes clear.

[2] When it was gazetted on 14 September 1917, it read: For exceptionally good work on the occasion of a bombing raid on Houttave Aerodrome on the 25th July, 1917.

[5] In the latter part of March, Bartlett and his observer/gunner Walter Naylor would reel off a string of six more victories in the course of carrying out their bombing missions against the Germans.

An account of the actions, as gazetted on 17 May 1918, credited him with causing the midair collision of two of his opponents: For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in carrying out bombing raids and in attacking enemy aircraft.

He has carried out very many bombing raids, and brought down several enemy machines, invariably showing the greatest skill and determination.

[1] Bartlett continued in Royal Air Force service after the war, even though he constantly struggled with health problems.