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
Read more about this topic: List Of British Gallantry Awards For The Iraq War
Famous quotes containing the words flying and/or cross:
“In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community: he has forgotten how to walk and speak and is on the way toward flying up into the air, dancing.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.”
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)