Air Commodore RW Chappell
Roy William Chappell
Air officers
- Rank
- Air Commodore
- Honours
- MC
- Born
- 1896
- Fate
- Survived the war. Died 1982
- In the book
- Pages 31, 166
From the book
Links of Long Standing
Listed in “The Register of South African Airmen of the Great War 1914-1918” as of South African nationality or domicile, Roy Williamson Chappell was born in Cheshire in 1896 but unclear where he was educated or lived in South Africa. Chappell served in the South African Cavalry, qualified as an RFC pilot, and earned a “Military Cross”. Postings before the war including secondment to the Imperial Japanese Navy and as Tokyo Air Attache. Involved in Military Intelligence during the Second World War, Air Commodore Chappell retired in 1946 and died in 1982.