In the King 's Birthday Honours 1938 Jones was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire , and in the New Year Honours 1942 was appointed a Knight Bachelor . Jones was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and awarded the Medal of Freedom by the US in 1947 for his work on aerial gunnery and he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society and became an honorary fellow of the society in 1951
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Melvill Jones