Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    July 21, 1930

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Arthur H. Page, Jr. (MCSN: 0-730), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 21 July 1930. Captain Page successfully completed the longest recorded blind flight as pilot in an )2U-1 airplane from Omaha, Nebraska, to Anacostia, D.C., a distance of approximately one thousand miles, flying blind the entire distance, at time through rain storms and clouds and negotiating the entire flight in one day. Captain Page’s pioneering, scientific study and successful accomplishments in the art of blind flying have contributed much towards the advancement of aeronautics.