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Distinguished Flying Medal

military decoration of the United Kingdom
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
courage award
Inception
June 3, 1918[3]
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[2]
Different from
Distinguished Flying Cross[4]
Next higher rank
Military Medal[6]
Next lower rank
Air Force Medal[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Distinguished Flying Medal ar الميدالية المتميزة للطيران es Medalla de vuelo distinguido ja ディスティングイッシュド・フライング・メダル ja ディスティンギッシュト・フライング・メダル ru Медаль «За выдающиеся лётные заслуги» uk Медаль льотних заслуг (Велика Британія) zh 傑出飛行獎章
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DFM-GVIR.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/04myz3
Topic's main category
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal

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🔗 Connections
Awarded to 16
Jimmy Gardner, Josef František, George Beurling, Antoni Głowacki, Arthur Louis Aaron, James Harry Lacey, Marius Eriksen, Jr., Eugeniusz Szaposznikow +8 more
Category for recipients of this award 1
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal
Country 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Different from 1
Distinguished Flying Cross
Next higher rank 1
Military Medal
Next lower rank 1
Air Force Medal
Topic's main category 1
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal
← Next higher rank 1
Air Force Medal
← Next lower rank 1
Military Medal
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Summary

Distinguished Flying Medal is a courage award[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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