Awarded for outstanding performance in the operation of airborne or space systems, manned or unmanned.
(amended Terms of Reference 2019)
1931 Sir Francis Chichester
1932 Sqn Ldr Herbert and J L Hinkler Esq
1933 J A Mollison Esq
1934 not awarded
1935 E W Percival Esq
1936 Miss Jean Batten
1937 A S Wilcockson Esq
1938 D C T Bennett Esq
1940 - 1948 not awarded
1948/49 W H Crowther Esq, R B Tapp Esq, L R Ambrose Esq - QANTAS
1949/50 Captain P G Taylor
1951 not awarded
1950/51 Captain P G Taylor
1952 not awarded
1951/52 Captain P G Taylor
1952/53 Captains and Crew of Service Aircraft "Aries"
1953/54 Pilots and Navigators of Comet Fleet BOAC
1955 not awarded
1955/56 Captain J H Saffery and Pilots and Navigators of Hunting Aero Surveys on Antartic Expedition
1956/57 Sqn Ldr J H Lewis, Commanding the RAF Detachment Unit with the British Commonwealth Trans-Antartic Expedition
1957/58 Captain and Navigational Crews of the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment
1959/60 The Decca Navigator Company Limited
1961 not awarded
1961/62 G E Beck Esq and M Morgan Esq of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co.
1962/63 Wg Cdr D F H Grocott
1964 - 1967 not awarded
1967/68 Wg Cdr E W Anderson
1969 - 1973 not awarded
1973/74 Flt Lt R M S Cook & Flt Lt R W Hardisty
1974/75 Flt Lt E G Candlish & Flt Lt J Vinales
1976 Not Awarded
1976/77 W P Robinson Esq
1977/78 The Royal Air Force Tanker Wing
1979 not awarded
1979/80 Captain G Vette & M Forsyth Esq
1981 - 1982 not awarded
1982/83 Cdr S C Thornewill RN
1984 - 1985 not awarded
1985/86 The Giotto Space Probe Navigation Team
1986/87 The Voyager Team
1988 not awarded
1988/89 Wg Cdr Raymond L Lomas RAF
1989/90 Peter Norvill Esq
1991 - 1994 not awarded
1994/95 Flt Lt J W Hendy
1995/96 Captain Alex Fisher
1996/97 Captain David Massy-Greene of QANTAS
1997/98 James C Lawson Esq
1998/99 Jon Johanson
1999/2000 Flt Lt David Wilson RAF
2000/01 Thomas Beverley Nichols
2001/02 Flt Lt Timothy Carr RAF
2002/03 Geoffrey Alan Burtenshaw
2003/04 33 Sqn RAF
2005 not awarded
2005/06 Sea King Mk7 Trials Team - Lt Cdr Tite RN, Lt Cdr Ling RN, Lt Cdr Smith RNR, Lt Cdr Richardson RN (retd)
2006/07 Boeing J0UCAS Programme X-45A
2007/08 815 Naval Air Squadron Training Team
2008/09 5 (AC) Sqn
2009/10 51 Sqn RAF
2010/11 Attack Helicopter Force ("UK Team Apache")
2011/12 Sqn Ldr J Jody McMeeking RAF
2012/13 Sqn Ldr Simon Mellor RAF
2013/14 3rd Special Operations Squadron USAF
2015 not awarded
2016 Royal Air Force UK Reaper Force
2017 British Antarctic Survey Air Unit
2018 700X NAS
2019 The Tornado GR Force
2020 not awarded
2021 The Royal Air Force Sentinel Force
2022 The Royal Air Force E-3D Sentry Force
2023 Captain John Roberts
2024 Air and Space Warfare Centre Protector Test Team
2025 Captain Hyronimus Jansen RA
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