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One of the RAF’s most colorful characters became an ace during the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. Flamboyant Royal Air Force ace Basil Gerald “Stapme” Stapleton was one of those men who seem to have been born to fill a particular role in life. His des- tiny: to become a World War II …
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