Royal Air Force Athletic Cross Country Association’s Medal for Attaining Athletic Standard, bronze, the reverse engraved, ‘P./O. E. C. Wolfe, 1938’, good very fine £30-50

Edward Chatham Wolfe was awarded the D.F.C. for his command of No. 141 Squadron at Turnhouse between September 1940 and May 1941, a period that witnessed him claiming at least one confirmed victory at night (London Gazette 30 May 1941). Later on he claimed another victory with No. 456 Squadron, was awarded the Norwegian Liberation Cross and was mentioned in despatches. He was released from the R.A.F. in December 1945 in the rank of Wing Commander; for full career details, see Men of the Battle of Britain by Kenneth G. Wynn.