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	Distinguished Flying Cross (U.S.) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Distinguished Flying Cross, was authorized by an Act of Congress of July 2, 1926, an act amended by Executive Order 7786 on January 8, 1938.
		It is a bronze cross pattee, with rays between the arms of the cross.
		Subsequent awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross are indicated by oak leaf clusters, for Army and Air Force personnel, and by award stars for members of the Naval services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(USA) (358 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Distinguished Flying Cross was founded during the First World War, on June 3, 1918 (the birthday of King George V of the United Kingdom).
		It consists of a silver cross attached to a medal ribbon with horizontal violet and white stripes.
		It is awarded to officers and warrant officers for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Distinguished_Flying_Cross_%28UK%29 (170 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (British) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
		Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "DFC".
		The cross is a cross flory and is 2 1/8 inches wide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(UK) (305 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Distinguished Flying Cross Society A national organization dedicated to honoring and remembering recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Distinguished Flying Cross Society - Northwest Chapter Honors the history and traditions of those awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Ira Eaker Chapter of the Distinguished Flying Cross Society Perpetuates the history of receipiants of this distinguished award.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Distinguished_Flying_Cross.html (548 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) - TheBestLinks.com - June 3, United Kingdom, United States, 1918, ...
		Distinguished Flying Cross (UK), June 3, United Kingdom, United States, 1918...
		Originally awarded to officers and warrant officers for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy.
		Since 1993 lower ranks, previously awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal, are also eligible for the DFC.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Distinguished_Flying_Cross___28__UK__29__.html (223 words)

	Honours & Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bronze Cross, which bears the inscription "For Valour", is cast from the metal of Russian guns captured at Sevastopol during the Crimean campaign.
		The George Cross ranks with the Victoria Cross as the nation's highest award for gallantry, and was instituted in 1940 to recognise actions of supreme gallantry in circumstances for which the Victoria Cross was not appropriate.
		The DSC was instituted in 1901, the MC in 1914, and the DFC in 1918.
	www.mod.uk /honours (899 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It consists of a silver cross to a medal ribbon with horizontal violet white stripes.
		In 1919 the stripes were changed to diagonal The year of the award is engraved the reverse of the cross.
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	www.freeglossary.com /Distinguished_Flying_Cross_%28UK%29 (359 words)

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	The Ultimate Distinguished Flying Medal - American History Information Guide and Reference
		It was equivalent to the Distinguished Flying Cross which was awarded to commissioned officers and Warrant Officers.
		Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal were entitled to use the post-nominal letters "DFM".
		In 1993 the DFM was discontinued, and since then the Distinguished Flying Cross can be awarded to Royal Air Force personnel of all ranks.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Distinguished_Flying_Medal (126 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) is a decoration for courage in air combat.
		For heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight: The American Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to United Kingdom and Commonwealth forces for the Korean War
		I first saw Mike Cross live in Jonesborough, TN at the National Storytelling Festival where he performed (one-man show) in their Midnight Cabaret.
	www.freeglossary.com /Distinguished_Flying_Cross (283 words)

	WW2Hero.com
		Their most famous and dangerous mission was Operation Tidal Wave, the low-level attack on the oil refineries in the Romanian town of Ploesti on August 1, 1943, for which five Medals of Honor were awarded, the most for any single mission.
		The 376th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for their participation in the Ploesti raid, as well as two other D.U.C.'s.
		In 1998, Ted (belatedly) received the Distinguished Flying Cross medal, an individual award recognizing specific acts of heroism "so exceptional and outstanding as to clearly set the individual apart".
	www.ww2hero.com (317 words)

	Operation Telic: Operational Honours - DSC/MC/DFC
		Among those awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (for gallantry at sea), the Military Cross (for gallantry on land) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (for gallantry in the air) during operations in Iraq are:
		She was the first Coalition mine-countermeasures vessel to enter difficult, badly-charted waters during the mine clearance operation, conducted in often very bad weather, to open up a route through the Khawr Abd Allah waterway to allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered to Umm Qasr port.
		As the Qualified Weapons Instructor for his squadron, he played a key role in making sure new equipment brought into service for the operation was used effectively, and took the lead on a number of operational missions, pressing home his attacks with great precision despite heavy enemy defensive fire.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/op_honours_mc.htm (538 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		It was originally awarded to air force commissioned officers and to (Holds rank by virtue of a warrant) Warrant Officers.
		Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross are entitled to use the (Click link for more info and facts about post-nominal letters) post-nominal letters "DFC".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Di/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(UK)2.htm (205 words)

	Gallantry Medals
		The George Cross, George Medal and Queen's Gallantry Medal can be awarded to military personnel when the acts of gallantry fall outside the warrant for a military gallantry award.
		The CGC is a cross (maximum width of 36 millimetres) imposed on a wreath of laurel, with the royal crown in a circular panel in the centre.
		The AFC was instituted in June 1918 as an award to officers and warrant officers for courage or devotion to duty while flying, though not in active operations against the enemy.
	www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /gallantry.htm (3135 words)

	Personnel and Training Command (PTC) - News and Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		World War Two flying ace Wing Commander Adrian Warburton DSO DFC has finally been laid to rest nearly 60 years after he went missing on a reconnaissance sortie over southern Germany in 1944.
		On completing flying training, he served with a torpedo-bomber squadron in the UK, before being posted to Malta in 1940, as one of a small number of RAF aircrew tasked with flying reconnaissance sorties over the Mediterranean.
		Warburton was the pilot of one of two Lockheed F-5B photographic reconnaissance aircraft (a version of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter) that took off together from Mount Farm on the morning of 12th April 1944 to photograph targets in Germany.
	www.raf.mod.uk /ptc/warburton.html (1157 words)

	ANDERSON, F/L Albert Erik (J10784) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No
		ANDERSON, F/L Albert Erik (J10784) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.31 Squadron - Award effective 30 October 1945 as per London Gazette dated 6 November 1945 and AFRO 133/45 dated 8 February 1946.
		ANDERSON, F/L Donald Robert (J23911) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.582 Squadron - Award effective 15 March 1945 as per London Gazette dated 23 March 1945 and AFRO 721/45 dated 27 April 1945.
		Flying Officer Anderson has shown outstanding keenness to participate in operational flying over the Arakan, the Imphal and Burma fronts.
	www.airforce.ca /wwii/ALPHA-AN.html (6635 words)

	Manchester Victoria Cross Holders including Ernest Sykes, John Buckley, Andrew Moynihan, Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, ...
		Buckley later escaped and rejoined the British army where he oversaw the execution of one hundred and fifty rebels who were strapped to the muzzle of a cannon and blown apart.
		While flying in France he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Trooper Christopher Finney of the Blues and Royals was awarded the George Cross to mark his outstanding courage during an incident in Iraq in March 2003.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /celebs/military3.html (2661 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
		The Distinguished Flying Cross is Awarded to Officers and Warrant Officers for an act or acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy.
		He is a tenacious and determined member of a first class operational crew and I consider his fie achievements merit the non-immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		I consider such devotion to duty and gallant conduct merit the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
	www.boyle.family.btinternet.co.uk /DFC.html (453 words)

	Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His first posting on being commissioned was flying Westland Wapiti biplanes in the North Western Frontier Province as a member of the No.1 IAF Squadron.
		flying close support during the crucial Imphal Campaign and later assisting the advance of the allied forces to Rangoon, Burma.
		He was given command of the IAF Display flight flying Hawker Hurricanes after the war which toured India giving demonstrations.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /IAF/Legends/Arjan.html (783 words)

	Victoria Cross Research - N
		As he was taken prisoner, his Victoria Cross was not recorded in the London Gazette until the 19th June 1945.
		Lance-Corporal Nicholls was presented with the Victoria Cross ribbon by the German commandant of the POWs camp in Poland.
		Private Norman was on parade on Hyde Park on 26th June 1857 when Queen Victoria made her first presentation of the Victoria Cross to the heroes of the Crimea.
	www.victoriacross.co.uk /descrip_n.html (3879 words)

	Mantell case, Kentucky MUFON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded for "heroism or extraordinary achievement in aerial flight." His cargo plane, with a glider in tow, came under heavy ground fire.
		Clements, who won the Distinguished flying Cross in North Africa and Italy, refueled [charged the aircraft oxygen] and took off in search of the "disk" but failed to spot it.
		This study is chronicled in the "SCIENTIFIC STUDY of UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS," copyright 1968 by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado.
	www.nicap.dabsol.co.uk /mantell7.htm (2975 words)

	BEACH, P/O Albert Mansfield (J15187) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No
		Flying Officer Bellis and Warrant Officer Beals were members of a crew of an aircraft which successfully fought and destroyed a U-Boat in an attack which was executed in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire from the submarine.
		Flying Officer Beard has shown courage and devotion to duty of a high order, and he is strongly recommended for the non-immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Towards the end of the month Flying Officer Beare took part in an engagement against a large force of enemy bombers and fighters.
	www.airforce.ca /wwii/ALPHA-BE.1.html (5181 words)

	DE BARTOK, P/O Ernest Akos Frederick (J15717) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No
		He has completed 30 2/3 sorties and 155 hours flying as navigator in a very gallant Lancaster crew and has taken part in attacks on may strongly defended targets including Dusseldorf, Essen, Friedrichshafen and Gelsenkirchen.
		He is completely at ease in the air despite severe enemy opposition and has always continued with his own duties with a coolness and determination worthy of the highest praise.
		Flying Officer De Bow has completed 39 sorties over enemy territory, many of which were over heavily defended targets such as Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Aachen, Stuttgart and Kiel.
	www.airforce.ca /wwii/ALPHA-DE.html (5898 words)

	350 (Belgian) Squadron
		Michel "Mike" Donnet is born at Richmond (UK) on April 1, 1917.
		Military pilot at the Aéronautique Militaire Belge in 1939, he served at the 9/I, based at Bierset, when the Germans invaded Belgium.
		He was member of the Military comity of the NATO and finally he retired as Lt - General in 1975.
	www.ping.be /~braf/350Sqn/biographies/donnetm.htm (200 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross
		In the centre of the obverse is the RAF monogram surmounted with a crown either side of which are outstreched wings on the horizontal arms of the cross.
		The cross is suspended from a straight suspender decorated with laurel wreaths.
		After the 1993 Review of Gallantry Awards eligibilty was extended to all ranks thus replacing the Distinguished Flying Medal.
	www.bmcm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /distinguishedflyingcross.htm (112 words)

	Encyclopedia: Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), and formerly also to officers of the air forces of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
		Since World War II the award has been open to army and naval aviation officers, and since 1993 to other ranks of the Royal Air Force as well; the Distinguished Flying Medal, previously awarded to other ranks, has been discontinued.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Distinguished-Flying-Cross-(UK) (344 words)

	MODEL HAWK's Uniform Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It belonged to a former member of the Flying Tigers who returned to the US when the tigers were disbanded.
		Third row are the Distinguished Flying Cross (UK), 9-Star Wing Medal (Chinese award for 9 victories), and Cloud and Banner Medal Fourth Order (also China).
		The ribbons appear to have been made in theater as each ribbon is sewn directly onto the pin-back ribbon bars.
	www.bill-woodier.com /uniforms44.htm (479 words)

	Distinguished Flying Cross (USA) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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