(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate First Class James D. Whittinghill (NSN: 3936492), United States Naval Reserve, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Gunner of a Torpedo Bomber in Air Group THIRTEEN, embarked in U.S.S. FRANKLIN, over the Manila Bay area on 19 October 1944.