Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

October 20th, 1944

Citation:
"As pilot and navigator respectively Flight Lieutenant Mathews and Warrant Officer Penrose have completed many sorties and have displayed a high degree of skill and co-operation. They have destroyed 2 enemy aircraft; they have also destroyed 5 flying bombs."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

March 9th, 1945

Citation:
"As pilot and observer respectively this officer and warrant officer have participated in very many sorties, and continue to display great enthusiasm for air operations. They are highly skilled members of aircraft crew and have shown the greatest keenness to engage the enemy. They have destroyed 7 enemy aircraft, two of them in one sortie in December, 1944."

Second DFC awarded as a bar.
Simultaneously awarded to Warrant Officer Penrose

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

October 26th, 1945

Citation:
"This officer has completed his third tour of operational duty. During this period he has destroyed at least nine enemy aircraft and damaged four. Since the award of a Bar to the D.F.C. he has destroyed two enemy aircraft. On one occasion his bomber was damaged by fragments from an enemy aircraft. Only one engine of his bomber remained serviceable for the return journey from Stuttgart. Sqn. Ld Mathews, by bis fearlessness and devotion to duty, has set an example to all."