Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36693/supplements/4175. Wing Commander Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire (72021), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. From June 1940 when his operational career began, until the end of his fourth tour in July 1944, when he had completed a total of 100 missions Wing Commander Cheshire displayed the courage and determination of an exceptional leader. During his fourth tour he pioneered a new method of marking enemy targets, flying in at a very low level in the face of strong defences. In four years of fighting against the bitterest opposition he maintained a standard of outstanding personal achievement, his successful operations being the result of careful planning, brilliant execution and supreme contempt for danger. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35009/pages/6937. 1ST BAR TO D.S.O.,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35983/supplements/1798. 2ND BAR TO D.S.O.,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36475/supplements/1779. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35097/pages/1370. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35107/supplements/1575.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36693/supplements/4175. Wing Commander Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire (72021), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. From June 1940 when his operational career began, until the end of his fourth tour in July 1944, when he had completed a total of 100 missions Wing Commander Cheshire displayed the courage and determination of an exceptional leader. During his fourth tour he pioneered a new method of marking enemy targets, flying in at a very low level in the face of strong defences. In four years of fighting against the bitterest opposition he maintained a standard of outstanding personal achievement, his successful operations being the result of careful planning, brilliant execution and supreme contempt for danger. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35009/pages/6937. 1ST BAR TO D.S.O.,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35983/supplements/1798. 2ND BAR TO D.S.O.,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36475/supplements/1779. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35097/pages/1370. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35107/supplements/1575.