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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Patrol Squadron 101 (VP-101)

    Division:

    Patrol Wing 10

    Action Date:

    February 24 & 25, 1942

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 304 (July 1942)

    The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant, Junior Grade John Mott Robertson (NSN: 0-77570), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism while participating in aerial flight, while serving as Pilot of an airplane in Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED ONE (VP-101), Patrol Wing TEN (Patwing-10), in action against enemy Japanese naval forces in the Makassar Strait, N.E.I., on 24 and 25 February 1942. Before he was shot down, Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robertson and his crew bombed and destroyed an enemy transport.