<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Flying Corps">RFC</a> Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanoe_Hawker" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lanoe Hawker">Lanoe Hawker</a> becomes the first British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" id="mwASw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fighter aircraft">pursuit</a> aviator to earn the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>.