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Gerald Stapleton

aircraft pilot

Gerald Stapleton

South African flying ace (1920-2010)

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About Gerald Stapleton

Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and fighter ace who flew Spitfires and Typhoons during the Second World War. He preferred the name Gerald and was nicknamed "Stapme" after a phrase used in his favourite cartoon strip Just Jake published in The Daily Mirror. His score of 6 enemy aircraft destroyed, 2 shared destroyed, 8 probably destroyed and 2 damaged, all achieved on Spitfires during the Battle of Britain, made him one of the outstanding pilots of that battle. He was revered as one of Richard Hillary's contemporaries, in whose book, The Last Enemy, he features. Without doubt he was one of the real 'characters' to survive the war and to many the quintessential image of a Battle of Britain fighter pilot, complete with handlebar moustache.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Drew Dudgeon via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Occupation: aircraft pilot
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: May 12, 1920
Died: April 13, 2010

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