ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943. - Squadron Leader A C Bartley, Commanding Officer of No. 111 Squadron RAF, sitting in the cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, ER679, at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. 'Tony' Bartley joined the RAF on a short-service commission in 1939 and joined No. 92 Squadron RAF with whom he saw action over Dunkirk and through the Battle of Britain, scoring eight victories. He was posted to No. 74 Squadron RAF as a flight commander in March 1941, but was rested after two months, first as an flying instructor, then as a production test p
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943. - Squadron Leader A C Bartley, Commanding Officer of No. 111 Squadron RAF, sitting in the cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, ER679, at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. 'Tony' Bartley joined the RAF on a short-service commission in 1939 and joined No. 92 Squadron RAF with whom he saw action over Dunkirk and through the Battle of Britain, scoring eight victories. He was posted to No. 74 Squadron RAF as a flight commander in March 1941, but was rested after two months, first as an flying instructor, then as a production test pilot with Vickers Supermarine. He returned to operations in February 1942 as a flight commander with No. 65 Squadron RAF, becoming the unit's commanding officer in May. Following a course at the Central Gunnery School, Bartley took command of No. 111 Squadron in August 1942, and led it to North Africa during the Operation TORCH landings. After further successes in Tunisia he was posted to the United Kingdom in January 1943 and enjoyed a succession of staff and instructional appointments in the UK and USA until he transferred to RAF Transport Command in October 1944, serving in the Far East until the end of hostilities. Bartley's final victory score was at least twelve enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed. , Royal Air Force, 111 Squadron
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