Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar

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British military award military decoration

The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Distinguished Flying Cross	18
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar canonical	5
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)	3
Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross	1
Commonwealth Distinguished Flying Cross awards	1
United Kingdom Distinguished Flying Cross	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
appliesTo	military personnel engaged in aerial combat operations ⓘ
awardedBy	British Armed Forces ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ
awardedFor	acts of courage while flying in active operations against the enemy ⓘ acts of valour while flying in active operations against the enemy ⓘ devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy ⓘ
confers	post‑nominal letters DFC and Bar ⓘ
conflictType	active operations against the enemy ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decorationClass	decoration for gallantry in the air ⓘ
decorationType	gallantry award ⓘ
eligibility	officers of other services of the British Armed Forces ⓘ officers of the Royal Air Force ⓘ other ranks of other services of the British Armed Forces ⓘ other ranks of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasComponent	Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
hasQualifier	"Bar" denotes an additional award of the same decoration ⓘ
hasRankRestriction	later extended to other ranks ⓘ originally restricted to officers ⓘ
indicates	subsequent award of the Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
partOf	British honours system ⓘ
presentedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo	British gallantry awards ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
symbolizes	repeated gallantry in aerial operations ⓘ
usedIn	Royal Air Force ⓘ air operations against the enemy ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guy Gibson → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

Group Captain Peter Townsend → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

subject surface form: Peter Townsend

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Raymond Collishaw → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

Stanley Goble → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Douglas Bader → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Douglas Bader → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

Hudson Fysh → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Peter Harding → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

DFC → isAbbreviationOf → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

DFC → notableCountryVariant → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom Distinguished Flying Cross

DFC → notableCountryVariant → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Distinguished Flying Cross awards

DSO → lowerAward → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

subject surface form: Distinguished Service Order

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

Arthur Whitten Brown → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Andrew Humphrey → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Basil Embry → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry Broadhurst

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry Broadhurst

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar → hasComponent → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross

Guy Penrose Gibson → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Guy Penrose Gibson → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

William Avery Bishop → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Leonard Cheshire → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

No. 2 Squadron AFC → decorationsReceivedByMembers → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom → hasComponent → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Peter Wooldridge Townsend → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Richard Hillary → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Douglas Robert Steuart Bader → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Douglas Robert Steuart Bader → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

William Wedgwood Benn → awardReceived → Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross