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Wensleydale, if you are going to go out on a limb, it pays to have your facts right. I think regular members of this forum will recognise that I do know a bit about medals, so I feel entitled to give you a free lesson, which you are sorely in need of.
I quote from the original warrant dated 3rd Jun 1918, which instituted the Distinguished Flying Cross.
"Seventeenthly, it is ordained that Foreign Officers and gradings of an equivalent rank to those above mentioned who have been associated in Military operations with Our Army or our Indian, Dominion or Colonial Military Forces shall be eligible for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Force Cross, the Distinguished Flying Medal and the Air Force Medal"
Clear enough for you?
I think an apology for your fatuous "dumbing down" comment is now due, and an acknowledgment that you have been spouting off on a subject about which you apparently know little.
May I just add I think that this is an outstanding citation for the DFC and I congratulate Captain Jordan on a well-deserved award.
On the subject of wearing the medal, I do hope he gets a chance to wear it, if only for the fact that it's a much prettier medal than the US DFC
British DFC
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/images/o...ions/DFCLG.jpg
US DFC
http://0.tqn.com/d/usmilitary/1/0/m/D/dfc-3.gif