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Definition of Distinguished Flying Cross
1. Noun. A United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distinguished Flying Cross
Literary usage of Distinguished Flying Cross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eagles of the RAF: The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Philip D. Caine (1994)
"... Chesley Peterson, and Gus Daymond at the ceremony where they each received
the Distinguished Flying Cross, first Eagles to be so honored. ..."
2. The Great War: A Pictorial History of the 1914-1919 Fight for Freedom and by Thomas Herbert Russell, John Joseph Pershing, John Martin Miller, William Dunseath Eaton (1920)
"One award of the British Distinguished Flying Cross is announced. The list of
Italian honors conferred shows that thirty-nine American officers won the ..."
3. Historic Houses of South Carolina by Harriette Kershaw Leiding (1921)
"Lt. Donaldson was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Field Marshal Haig
and has received two citations by General Pershing. ..."
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