Editing Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) (section)

===Notable awards===
{{see also|Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)}}
* King [[Albert I of Belgium]], who on many occasions during World War I was flown in a British aircraft to reconnoitre enemy positions.<ref name=Abbott95/>
*Wing Commander [[Douglas Rivers Bagnall]], DSO, who was also awarded  also the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|American DFC]].
* [[John Balmer]], [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] pilot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1545698|title=Recommendation: Distinguished Flying Cross|publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]]|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>
* Wing Commander [[Clive Beadon]], pilot during World War II
* [[Roy Calvert]], [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] pilot who was awarded the DFC three times.
* Major General [[Levi R. Chase]], American flying ace, awarded DFC with bar (WWII and Korea)
* Major [[William Chesarek]], [[United States Marine Corps]], helicopter pilot who in 2006 rescued a British serviceman during the [[Iraq War]].<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|title=Historic award for female private|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/22/military.leeglendinning|work=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077|page=8|date=22 March 2007|access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref>
* Flight Lieutenant [[Pierre Clostermann]], French RAF officer, awarded RAF DFC and bar in 1945.
* Flight Lieutenant Robert Clothier, RCAF, and later a noted Canadian television actor known for the role of "Relic" in ''The Beachcombers''
* [[Harry Cobby]], flying ace of the [[Australian Flying Corps]] who was awarded the DFC three times.
* [[Gordon Cochrane (pilot)|Gordon Cochrane]], [[Royal New Zealand Air Force|RNZAF]] pilot who was awarded the DFC three times.
* Captain Duncan Ronald Gordon Mackay, the last fatality of the [[First World War]].
*[[Peter Stanley James]], [[Royal Air Force|RAF]], who in July 1941 took part in a daylight raid on the [[German battleship Scharnhorst]] in dock at [[La Rochelle]]. 
* [[Philip Robinson (RAF officer)|Philip Robinson]], RAF pilot who was awarded the DFC three times.
* [[Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)|Squadron Leader George Leonard Johnson]], navigator who took part in '[[Operation Chastise]]'.
* [[Keith Truscott|Keith 'Bluey' Truscott]], famous footballer and RAAF pilot who was awarded the DFC twice.
* [[Arjan Singh]], [[Indian Air Force]]. He later became [[Marshal of the Indian Air Force]].
* [[Mohinder Singh Pujji]], [[Indian Air Force]].
* Group Captain [[Peter Townsend (RAF officer)|Peter Townsend]], [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], DFC & bar. An RAF flying ace, [[courtier]] and author, he was [[Equerry#United Kingdom|equerry]] to [[George VI|King George VI]] and Queen Elizabeth II, and also had a romance with [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]].
* [[Harold Whistler]], [[Royal Flying Corps]] flying ace who was awarded the DFC three times
* Wing Commander [[Stanisław Skalski]]
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* Wing Commander [[Robert Stanford Tuck]], [[Royal Air Force]] flying ace who was awarded the DFC three times
*[[Squadron leader|Squadron Leader]] Stuart Mitchell, [[Royal Air Force]], the only tanker pilot to be awarded the DFC to date, for his actions in the [[Bosnian War|Bosnia campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/661279.stm|title=BBC News {{!}} UK {{!}} Queen honours brave pilots|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Flight Lieutenant]] [[Michelle Goodman|Michelle Jayne Goodman]], the first female officer to be awarded any British combat gallantry medal.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58633|supp=y |page=3616|date=7 March 2008}}</ref>