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Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)

The Distinguished Flying Medal was instituted on 3 June 1918 and was awarded to non-commissioned-officers and men for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy in the same conditions as the DFC for officers..
The medal is oval and silver-coloured, 1.375 inches wide and 1.625 inches long. On the obverse is the bareheaded coinage effigy of :

King George V, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:
King George VI, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS VID: G: BR: OMN: REX F.D: IND: IMP:
On the reverse, within a wreath of laurel, Athena Nike is shown seated on an aeroplane, a hawk rising from her right hand above the words : FOR COURAGE.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of alternate violet and white stripes (0,0625 inches) leaning 45 degrees to the left. Until 1919, the stripes were horizontal. The medal was engraved with the recipient's service number, rank, initials, surname and unit.

For subsequent acts meriting the DFM, a bar was awarded to be worn on the ribbon of the medal.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Waddicor, Albert Edward  
Waddington, Frank Ogden00-00-191723-04-2016
Walker, Arthur Patterson  
Wallace, Thomas Young05-10-191611-11-1944
Walters, John Graham25-07-1921 
Wathey, Herbert  
Watkin, Eric Wallace  
Watkins, Dennis Arthur00-00-1920 
Watkins, Vincent Evan Morgan 08-06-1944
Watkins, William David Gordon "Four-Run"11-09-190826-06-1965more
Watson, George 21-02-1945
Watt, Angus  
Waugh, James Harry  
Webb, Donald Gerald  
Webb, Nelson Henry 20-12-1940
Webster, Arthur Henry  
Webster, Tom Victor00-00-192014-11-2010
Weldon, Aubrey  
White, Edgar  
White, John00-00-191614-06-1941
White, Reginald Graham20-02-1917 
Whitehead, Clifford26-04-191504-07-1942
Whitfield, Gordon  
Whittingham, Sam James26-03-192118-11-1943
Whitwell, Peter Coulson16-08-192007-11-1942
Widdis, George Herving  
Wilkinson, Royce Clifford "Wilkie"26-11-191300-00-1990
Wilkinson, Stanley 04-10-1943
Williams, Frank 28-05-1944
Williams, George  more
Williams, Norman Francis03-11-191430-06-2007
Willits, William Edward  
Wilson, Norman Trevor Hamilton  
Wilson, Rex Kerslane  
Winn, Albert Edward 03-10-1943
Winship, James William  
Winter, William Edward20-04-1922 
Witt, Dennis Theodore27-09-1915 
Womar, Frederick John Ernest 02-06-1942
Wood, Guy Huitson00-00-191200-00-1974
Wood, John Leslie  
Wood, Kenneth05-04-192425-06-2007
Wood, Lionel  
Woodard, Leonard William 31-10-1944
Woodburn, James Douglas 22-10-1941
Woods, Sidney Albert  
Wooldridge, Bertie Charles 18-09-1941
Wooler, Allan Robertson Young  
Wortley, Warren Herbert 16-04-2004
Wright, Harold John Alfred "Harry"28-12-191929-01-1991
Wright, Kenneth Wynn19-04-191600-00-2001
Wright, Stanley  
Wyatt, Francis James Lyle  

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