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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Radioman

    Action Date:

    World War II

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Radioman Otto Russell Phelps, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight during World War II.

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Radioman Second Class

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 270 (April 15, 1939)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Radioman Second Class Otto Russell Phelps, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, for successfully landing a pilotless plane, although not a qualified pilot himself. Radioman Second Class Phelps pulled the plane out of a vertical power dive and landed it without benefit of wheels, stabilizer and propeller pitch control.