The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Wade R. Bascom (NSN: 0-389348), United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Patrol Squadron FORTY-SIX (VP-46), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 27 June to 18 October 1950. As a Pilot of a patrol plane he participated in 35 operational flights over hostile territory.