David Craven DFM
Title
David Craven DFM
Description
Two newspaper cuttings reporting that David Craven has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal mounted on an album page.
The medal ribbon and a head and shoulders photograph of David Craven in civilian clothes are mounted on the same page. One of the newspaper cuttings has a head and shoulders photograph of David Craven in uniform.
The other newspaper cutting reports that his citation states "This airman has completed a very large number of operational sorties invariably displaying great ability and skill as a wireless operator. His keenness has at all times been of a high order and his exemplary conduct worthy of the highest praise.".
The medal ribbon and a head and shoulders photograph of David Craven in civilian clothes are mounted on the same page. One of the newspaper cuttings has a head and shoulders photograph of David Craven in uniform.
The other newspaper cutting reports that his citation states "This airman has completed a very large number of operational sorties invariably displaying great ability and skill as a wireless operator. His keenness has at all times been of a high order and his exemplary conduct worthy of the highest praise.".
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
One album page with newspaper cuttings, one b/w photograph and a ribbon on an album page
Publisher
Rights
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Identifier
PCravenD18010003
Collection
Citation
“David Craven DFM,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 12, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58932.
