List of British Gallantry Awards For The Iraq War - Distinguished Flying Cross

Distinguished Flying Cross

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level medal awarded for gallantry in the face of the enemy in the air.

Bar to DFC:

• Squadron Leader Philip Jeremy Robinson DFC, Royal Air Force, October 2003 (not gazetted until September 2006); original award (dated 2002, not gazetted until 2003) and later second bar for actions in Afghanistan
• Squadron Leader Paul Graham Shepherd DFC, Royal Air Force, October 2003 (not gazetted until September 2006); original award for actions in Sierra Leone (not gazetted until 2003)

DFC:

• Flight Lieutenant Shane William Anderson, Royal Air Force, March 2006
• Staff Sergeant Rupert St John Hardington Banfield, Army Air Corps, October 2003
• Squadron Leader Stephen Robin Carr, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Major William David Chesarek, United States Marine Corps, December 2006
• Captain Richard Timothy Cuthill, Army Air Corps, October 2003
• Flight Lieutenant Owen Eifion Edwards, Royal Air Force, October 2003 (not gazetted until March 2005)
• Flight Lieutenant Michelle Jayne Goodman, Royal Air Force, March 2008; first female award
• Flight Lieutenant Kevin Harris, Royal Air Force, March 2009
• Squadron Leader David John Knowles, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Flight Lieutenant Scott Morley, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Acting Lieutenant Commander James Lloyd Newton, Royal Navy, October 2003
• Squadron Leader Harvey Smyth, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Flight Lieutenant Andrew David Turk, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Squadron Leader John Turner, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Squadron Leader Ian Warwick Richard Walton, Royal Air Force, October 2003
• Captain Scott Warwick Watkins, Australian Army Aviation, September 2005