The '' Daily Express '' hailed their success with two articles , " The Killers Who Stalk By Night " . Needing a rest , the squadron was withdrawn to Yorkshire . On 31 July MacLachlan was posted to 59 Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) as an instructor . While there he and Kuttelwascher were decorated with the Czechoslovak War Cross by the exiled President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš on 11 August 1942 . Before he left , MacLachlan had the opportunity to fly the Hawker Typhoon which was to replace 1 Squadron 's ageing Hurricanes
Czechoslovak War Cross
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945
James MacLachlan