The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Robert D. Moor, U.S. Army Air Corps, for heroism while participating in an aerial flight near the Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan. On 23 August 1931, while leading a formation flight, the airplane of a formation-mate, flying on his flank, was thrown by a terrific air current into the airplane piloted by Lieutenant Moor, disabling the tall group of the latter’s airplane and causing it to become almost entirely uncontrollable. Ignoring the opportunity to jump from the airplane and save himself, Lieutenant Moor endeavored first to save his passenger and repeatedly ordered him to jump. The passenger eventually jumped and landed safely with parachute, but in so doing unbalanced the airplane which immediately fell out of control, crashed to the ground, and burst into flames, resulting in Lieutenant Moor’s death and the destruction of the airplane. The circumstances under which Lieutenant Moor sacrificed his life in an effort to save the life of is companion furnish an outstanding example of the loyalty and the heroism which characterize the traditions of the military service.