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Lieutenant Commander James 'Jimmy' Brian Buckley DSC (c.1905 – 21 May 1943) was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot who became a notable prisoner of war during the Second World War, and died during an escape attempt on 21 May 1943. ==Fleet Air Arm== Buckley's naval career began in the mid-1920s. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant with seniority from 15 June 1926. He then spent much of his early career attached to the Royal Air Force (which then controlled the naval aviation requirements of the British Armed Forces), interspersed with periods of other naval duties.〔 〕 He continued to receive regular promotions within the RN during this period, to lieutenant on 1 December 1928,〔 〕 and lieutenant-commander on 1 December 1936. Control of naval aviation returned to the Admiralty in 1939. He assumed command of No. 825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm in January 1940 which was equipped with Fairey Swordfish aircraft. With the squadron, Buckley operated from HMS ''Glorious'' and from RAF Hal Far on Malta. When the ship was recalled for the operation in Norway, the squadron was disembarked at Prestwick and the squadron then operated from Worthy Down, Detling and Thorney Island in operations against the advancing German forces in the Low countries and France.〔http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Squadrons/825.html〕 Buckley was shot down on a bombing raid during the defence of Calais on 29 May 1940 and was captured by the Germans on the same day. Command of the squadron was taken over by Lieutenant Commander Eugene Esmonde, who was later to be decorated with the Victoria Cross during an operation with the squadron. Buckley was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in July 1940 for "daring, endurance and resource in the conduct of hazardous and successful operations by the Fleet Air Arm working with the Coastal Command in France and over the Channel". His citation appearing in the London Gazette on 5 July 1940. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Buckley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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