The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Robert Peel Elliott, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 96th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Olizy, France, 27 October 1918. Lieutenant Elliott flew in a formation over the enemy’s lines on a bombing expedition. Attacked by a greatly superior number of enemy pursuit planes, his aileron controls soon shot away, Lieutenant Elliott continued to pilot his machine and give protection to his comrades. When his observer was seriously wounded, Lieutenant Elliott left the formation at great risk to himself, and with a disabled machine made a safe landing.