List of most famous Distinguished Flying Cross recipients since its inception. Photos are included for almost every Distinguished Flying Cross medal winner. Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross in every year are listed here alphabetically, but you can sort this Distinguished Flying Cross list by any column. Here are also notable Bronze Star Medal recipients as well as famous Purple Heart winners.
List features Bernard W. Rogers, Bud Day, and more notable US airmen. Featuring civilian DFC winners, WWII winners, and more, this list has it all.
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Adrian Cole
Air Vice Marshal Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole, CBE, DSO, MC, DFC (19 June 1895 – 14 February... more2
Alan Smith
Sir Alan Smith, CBE, DFC*, was a British World War II Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire... more3
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor who is... more4
Andrew Frederick Weatherby (Anthony) Beauchamp-Proctor, (4 September 1894 – 21 June 1921) was... more5
Bernard William Rogers (July 16, 1921 – October 27, 2008) was a United States Army general who... more6
William Avery Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the... more7
Brian Lane
Squadron Leader Brian "Sandy" Lane DFC, was a British Battle of Britain fighter pilot and... more8
George Everette "Bud" Day (24 February 1925 – 27 July 2013) was a United States Air Force... more9
Buzz Aldrin (born January 20, 1930) is an American engineer and a former astronaut and fighter... more10
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator,... more11
George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician and... more12
Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) was the older of the two Wright brothers (the... more13
Amelia Mary Earhart (, born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation... more14
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television... more15
Christopher Quintin Brand
Air Vice Marshal Sir Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand (25 May 1893 – 7 March 1968) was a... more16
Orville Wright
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Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a former United States Air... more18
Clive Caldwell
Clive Robertson Caldwell, (28 July 1911 – 5 August 1994) was the leading Australian air ace... more19
David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005) also known as Hack, was a prominent... more20
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, (; 21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a... more21
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American... more22
Daniel Hale "Dan" Rowan (July 22, 1922 – September 22, 1987) was an American comedian. He was... more23
General Earl Edward Anderson (June 24, 1919 – November 12, 2015) was an American Marine Corps... more24
Forrest Silas Petersen (May 16, 1922 – December 8, 1990), (VADM, USN), was a United States... more25
Geoffrey Allard
Geoffrey "Sammy" Allard & Bar (12 August 1912 – 13 March 1941) was a Royal Air Force (RAF)... more
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