Pontius, thank you for this information, but I will not be involved in the application , the widow of the pilot did not recieve any of her husbands well deserved medals, his daughter, born after his death, will be doing this. Thanks to the good folks on PPrune she now has all the information she needs to obtain his decorations , doing the research to find the facts about his death, has for me, been a humbling experience.Thank you all again!