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Captain R.L. Chidlaw-Roberts<br />

497<br />

A Great War S.E.5 Propeller<br />

A fine Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 propeller, approx.<br />

1350mm, laminated hardwood fabrication with<br />

original matt painted sage-green fabric covered blade,<br />

mounted on a wooden plinth inscribed ‘Cpt. Chitlaw-<br />

Roberts 60th Sqn 1914-18 SE5 RFC’<br />

£200-300<br />

M.C. London Gazette 5.7.1918 Lt. (T./Capt.) Robert Leslie<br />

Chidlaw-Roberts, Hants. R. <strong>and</strong> R.F.C.<br />

‘For conspicuous gallantry <strong>and</strong> devotion to duty. He<br />

constantly attacked superior numbers of enemy aeroplanes.<br />

On one occasion he repeatedly attacked five enemy machines,<br />

driving among them <strong>and</strong> attacking each in turn at short<br />

ranges. On three other occasions he brought down enemy<br />

machines. He showed great skill <strong>and</strong> courage.’<br />

Captain Robert Leslie Chidlaw-Roberts, M.C., born<br />

Towyn, Montgomeryshire, June 1896; educated at<br />

University College School, London, <strong>and</strong> R.M.A. S<strong>and</strong>hurst;<br />

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Hampshire Regiment,<br />

May 1915, <strong>and</strong> seconded for service with the Royal Flying<br />

Corps as an Observer in No.2 Squadron, flying with them on<br />

the Western Front for six months from May 1915; joined<br />

No.60 Squadron as a Flight Comm<strong>and</strong>er, 18.8.1917, <strong>and</strong><br />

served with them on the Western Front based at St. Marie-<br />

Cappel, flying S.E.5s, from 7.9.1917- his first Victory (Out<br />

of Control) was an Albatros east of Menin, 14.9.1917; over<br />

the next four months he achieved a further eight Victories (7<br />

Destroyed (5 shared) <strong>and</strong> 1 Out of Control (this shared)),<br />

the last when he shared in the destruction of an Albatros<br />

flown by Leutnant Max Muller, the 36 Victory Ace, who<br />

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jumped out <strong>and</strong> was killed. Promoted Captain <strong>and</strong> awarded<br />

the Military Cross, he was appointed to the Comm<strong>and</strong> of ‘A’<br />

Flight, No.40 Squadron, June 1918, <strong>and</strong> shared in the<br />

destruction of a German kite Balloon, 29.9.1918, bringing<br />

his personal score to 10 Victories.<br />

Note: Owing to the large <strong>and</strong> bulky nature of this lot it is<br />

unsuitable for postage <strong>and</strong> we would recommend collection.

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