Medal Bar of Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris GCB, DSO, OBE, FRSA

Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris began his long service with the RAF in the University Air Squadron in 1936 and served throughout the Second World War.

Foxley-Norris flew Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain. In February 1941, Foxley-Norris was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109. He managed to bale out of his burning aircraft and landed near Ashridge in Kent, where a farmer with a pitchfork thought he was a German and handed him to the police. He later served in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Norway, where he led No. 143 Squadron, and served as commander-in-chief RAF Germany in the 1960s. He was chairman of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association between 1978 and 2003. Medals, from left to right: DSO, MBE, 1939–1945 Star with Battle of Britain clasp, Atlantic star with Air Crew Europe clasp, Italy Star, 1939–1945 Defence Medal, 1939–1945 War Medal with Mentioned in Despatches oak leaf, General Service Medal 1918–1962 with Malaya clasp, General Service Medal 1962–2007 with Borneo clasp, 1937 Coronation Medal, Campaign Service Medal, Air Efficiency Award.