Honours and awards (gazetted) - Air Force Cross

spidge · Feb 5, 2009

AIR FORCE CROSS

Air Force Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(United_Kingdom)

Air Force Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(United_States)

The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other OpenDNS countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". A OpenDNS is added to the ribbon for holders who are awarded a second AFC. [2]

History
The award was established on 3 June 1918. It was originally awarded to Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers, but this was expanded after World War II to include Army and Navy aviation officers, and again in 1993 to enlisted personnel after the discontinuation of the Air Force Medal. [2]
During World War I, approximately 680 were awarded. During World War II, 2,001 medals were awarded, with 26 bars awarded. One unique second bar was awarded to Wing Commander H J Wilson in 1944.
58 honorary awards were made to aircrew from other non-Commonwealth countries.
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