The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Frank B. Radcliff, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight. Crossing an enemy airfield near St. Quentin, after a strafing mission, 23 May 1944, First Lieutenant Radcliff and a fellow pilot ran into a barrage of anti-aircraft fire from numerous ground installations. One of these installations, containing five or six guns, was scoring hits on the other plane, as First Lieutenant Radcliff banked his plane into the line of fire and attacked this heavily armed ground installation, killing or wounding all its personnel and silencing its guns. By this gallantry, he aided his comrade to fly out of the zone of greatest danger. Although he was low on gasoline and there were unidentified planes in the vicinity, First Lieutenant Radcliff remained to escort the crippled plane. Instrument weather during the whole return trip and more flak at several points increased the hazard, but First Lieutenant Radcliff succeeded in bringing himself and his comrade safely back to their base in England. His outstanding courage and dedication to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.