Robert P. Elliott

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert P. Elliott, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Olizy, France, October 27, 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.