Medal & Mortality index
The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to Officers and Warrant Officers
for acts of gallantry when flying in active operations against the enemy. Bars
may be added for additional acts of gallantry.
NICHOLAS, 2/Lieutenant Gerald Basil ... ... ... 102nd Squadron, R.A.F.
LANDRECIES, 14/15 October, 1918, and many other dates and places. This officer
has carried out 95 night bombing raids, and has displayed marked skill and
initiative. He has been extremely successful in low reconnaissances and attacks
on ground targets, having twice obtained direct hits on trains at a height of
about 800 feet. [766565