The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Glenn E. Larimore (ASN: 0-1291289), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight over Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 16 January 1945. Lieutenant Larimore, leading the second element of a 4-plane flight of P51 aircraft on a bombing and strafing mission, sighted 4 Japanese fighter planes lined up for a take-off from enemy-held Clark Field. He made a bombing run at 1,500 feet over the enemy fighters and scored a direct hit which set fire to two of the planes. The fire spread to the other two planes and they exploded. While making another un to photograph the burning planes, Lieutenant Larimore saw an enemy fighter in a well camouflaged revetment and, making two strafing passes, he set it on fire. Before leaving the area he strafed an operations shack and a bomb dump. Finding no other targets, he flew to another strip where he strafed heavy anti-aircraft positions and destroyed two more aircraft on the ground. The outstanding courage and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Larimore during this flight are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Army Air Forces.