This is the first comprehensive publication on the Distinguished Flying Cross. On Heroic Wings has the characteristics of a beautiful coffee table book with 311 photographs printed on high-quality gloss paper. However, the individual stories and collective history of the Distinguished Flying Cross is extensively documented through oral history interviews and traditional historical research methodologies. The book includes 32 major accounts and over 180 vignettes of aerial heroism beginning with the medal’s inception in 1926. Book Specifications: Hardback/dustcover, 325 pages, 8 ½” x 11” x 1”, color photographs in the frontmatter Publication date: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-615-52024-7 Library of Congress number: 2011933548 Published by: The Distinguished Flying Cross Society
Foreword by Pres. George H.W. Bush Introduction by Capt. James A. Lovell, USN, (Ret.)