He was the first to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross:
Hap Arnold
James Doolittle
William Mitchell
Eddie Rickenbacker
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh.
The first to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross was aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. The medal was commissioned for any person who "while serving in the armed services, distinguished himself by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight.? Lindbergh was decorated on June 11, 1927.
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