page_title: Howard Burdick
section_title: Distinguished Service Cross
hierarchical_section_title: Howard Burdick / Honors and awards / Distinguished Service Cross
caption_attribution_description: English: Sopwith Camel at Air Service Production Center No. 2, Romorantin Aerodrome, France, 1918
context_page_description: Lieutenant Howard Burdick DSC DFC was an American World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories.
context_section_description: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard Burdick, Second Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northwest of Cambrai, France, September 28, 1918. Attacked by two Fokker biplanes, Lieutenant Burdick outmaneuvered both machines, shot one into flames and routed the other one. Later, seeing three Fokkers attacking an American aviator, he at once dove into the combat to his assistance, shooting down one and driving off the other two. His quick and unhesitating attack, single-handed, on the three Fokkers save the life of his fellow pilot. General Orders No. 38, W.D., 1921
caption: USAS Sopwith Camel.
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