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James McCudden
Major James Thomas Byford McCudden VC, DSO and bar, MC and bar, MM, Croix de Guerre (28 March, 1895–9 July, 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. McCudden was the most highly decorated British Empire pilot of the First World War and one of the longest serving, having joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1913.
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