Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
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The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2057864 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Context triple: [Guy Gibson, awardReceived, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar]
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A.
Distinguished Flying Cross
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
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B.
Air Force Cross
The Air Force Cross is the United States Air Force’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat not justifying the Medal of Honor.
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Air Force Cross
The Air Force Cross is a British military decoration awarded for acts of exemplary gallantry while flying, though not in active operations against the enemy.
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Air Force Achievement Medal
The Air Force Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to Air Force personnel for outstanding achievement or meritorious service of a lesser degree than that required for higher commendation medals.
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E.
Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
The Distinguished Service Cross (United States) is the U.S. Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Target entity description: The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.
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A.
Distinguished Flying Cross
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
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B.
Air Force Cross
The Air Force Cross is the United States Air Force’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat not justifying the Medal of Honor.
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C.
Air Force Cross
The Air Force Cross is a British military decoration awarded for acts of exemplary gallantry while flying, though not in active operations against the enemy.
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Air Force Achievement Medal
The Air Force Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to Air Force personnel for outstanding achievement or meritorious service of a lesser degree than that required for higher commendation medals.
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E.
Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
The Distinguished Service Cross (United States) is the U.S. Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military award
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military decoration ⓘ |
| appliesTo | military personnel engaged in aerial combat operations ⓘ |
| awardedBy |
British Armed Forces
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Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
acts of courage while flying in active operations against the enemy
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acts of valour while flying in active operations against the enemy ⓘ devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy ⓘ |
| confers | post‑nominal letters DFC and Bar ⓘ |
| conflictType | active operations against the enemy ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decorationClass | decoration for gallantry in the air ⓘ |
| decorationType | gallantry award ⓘ |
| eligibility |
officers of other services of the British Armed Forces
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officers of the Royal Air Force ⓘ other ranks of other services of the British Armed Forces ⓘ other ranks of the Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ |
| hasQualifier | "Bar" denotes an additional award of the same decoration ⓘ |
| hasRankRestriction |
later extended to other ranks
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originally restricted to officers ⓘ |
| indicates | subsequent award of the Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ |
| partOf | British honours system ⓘ |
| presentedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British gallantry awards
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Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ |
| symbolizes | repeated gallantry in aerial operations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Royal Air Force
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air operations against the enemy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Description of subject: The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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Commonwealth Distinguished Flying Cross awards
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Distinguished Service Order
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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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subject surface form:
Harry Broadhurst
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Harry Broadhurst
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Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
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this entity surface form:
Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
this entity surface form:
Distinguished Flying Cross
this entity surface form:
Distinguished Flying Cross