Tony Bartley

Anthony Charles Bartley, DFC & Bar (28 March 1919 – 18 April 2001) was a British film and television executive, and fighter pilot.

As a Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfire pilot, Bartley was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions during the Battle of Britain, during which he became a fighter ace.

[1] He was commissioned as an acting pilot officer in the Royal Air Force on 18 April 1939;[2] this rank was made permanent, albeit on probation, on 21 October 1939.

74 Squadron in early 1941, Bartley became an instructor at several operational training units before transferring to Vickers Supermarine as a test pilot at in July 1941.

83 Group RAF, before departing in October 1944 for the US to attend the Command and General Staff College, and then at the School of Air Tactics.

[citation needed] On 19 November 2021, it was announced that the seven medals Bartley received for his wartime service would be auctioned by Dix Noonan Webb in London in December 2021.