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Victoria Cross (VC)

Country:Great Britain
Established:5 February 1856
Criteria:Great Britain's highest award, the Victoria Cross (VC), was awarded for most conspicuous bravery, a daring or preeminent act of valour, self sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.
WWI Awards:During the Great War, the Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded more than six hundred times. Nineteen of the recipients were airmen of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service.
Victoria Cross (VC)
 
For more information on the Victoria Cross, please visit the Victoria Cross Reference.

 

Recipients - World War I Aces
EnglandAlbert Ball - 8 June 1917

CanadaWilliam Barker - 30 November 1918

South AfricaAndrew Beauchamp Proctor - 30 November 1918

CanadaWilliam Bishop - 11 August 1917

EnglandLanoe Hawker - 24 August 1915

EnglandAlan Jerrard - 1 May 1918

EnglandEdward Mannock - 18 July 1919

EnglandJames McCudden - 2 April 1918

WalesLionel Rees - 5 August 1916


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