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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
MacCoubrey, James Grant23-02-191521-02-1941
Macfarlane, Ronald Ernest 16-12-1943
MacKenzie, Alexander Gerald10-01-1914 
Mangione, John00-00-1924 
Mann, Jack "Jackie"11-06-191411-11-1995
Mann, John Rouffignac 28-08-2017
Mann, William Frank00-00-1922 
Manvell, Robert Edward 24-06-1944
Marks, Russell "Spike"08-12-191800-00-2001
Marshall, Harry Kenneth Frank  
Martin, Leonard Frank00-00-1922 
Maskall, George "Jack"04-08-191001-06-1944
Mason, George Morton  
Mason, Sydney Thomas  
Matthews, Henry George  
Matthews, John Lamont16-03-191907-06-2005
Maudsley, Arthur Terence 07-09-1943
Mayor, John Richard 12-05-1940
McAlister, Eric Milton07-12-1917 
McBurnie, Donald Hindle06-04-1920 
McCormick, Thomas  
McDowall, Andrew  
McGeehan, Peter John Dickson 16-03-1943
McGowan, Philip00-00-192106-05-2001
McKinnon, Bernard Lloyd00-00-1917 
McMillam, Douglas William  
McMonagle, Patrick00-00-1922 
Meddings, John Philip13-07-192013-09-1987
Mellin, Arthur Alured09-12-191716-05-1998
Merralls, Peter Ernest 01-08-1942
Merryweather, Sydney William00-07-191405-06-1942
Miller, George Henry29-06-191814-02-1943
Mills, Allan McFadyen "Jock"  
Mitchell, Ernest Raymond 23-11-1943
Mitchell, George Eric  
Mitchell, Kenneth Frederick  
Moir, Thomas Braidwood  
Moisey, Cyril "Joe"22-12-192225-06-2014
Moore, Denis Henry Allan  
Moore, John Reginald00-00-192000-00-2007
Moore, John William14-02-1913 more
Morin, Paul Emile  
Morris, Allan Wilson16-11-191908-10-1993
Morrissy, Harry 03-12-1942
Mowatt, William  
Moy, Arthur  
Mullineaux, James John00-05-1918 
Mullins, Alfred George "Fred"04-03-192215-08-2008
Murcar, Alexander 15-04-1940
Murray, Archibald "Archie"  
Murrell, Kenneth  

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