What is Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)?
{{Infobox military award|name=Distinguished Flying Cross|image=[[File:DistinguishedFlyingCrossUKObv.jpg|240px]]<br><br>[[File:DistinguishedFlyingCrossUKRibbon.jpg|110px]]|caption=Obverse of the decoration. Ribbon: 30mm, diagonal alternate stripes of white and deep purple.|awarded_by=United Kingdom and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]|type=Military decoration|eligibility=British, Commonwealth, and allied forces|for=''... exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy in the air.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility |title=Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 December 2012 |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] |access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>|campaign=|status=Currently awarded|description=|clasps=|established=3 June 1918|first_award=|last_award=|total=[[George V]]: 11,227<br/>[[George VI]]: 21,657<br/>Total: 32,884<ref>{{cite book |last=Mussell |first=John W. |date=1 September 2012 |title=Medal Yearbook 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1908828005 |publisher=Token Books |location=[[Honiton]] |isbn=978-1908828002 |page=86 |access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref>|posthumous=|recipients=|individual=|precedence_label=Order of Wear|higher=[[Military Cross]]<ref name=JSP761>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396186/JSP761_honours_awards.pdf |title=JSP 761: Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=December 2014 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205041741/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396186/JSP761_honours_awards.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>|same=|lower=[[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]]<ref name=JSP761/>|related=[[Distinguished Flying Medal]]|image2=|caption2=}}The '