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Heroic Score178433rd out of 4539
Number of Medals7
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1881172 of 4539
Royal Air Force#18of 55
Fighter / combat pilot#70of 193
World War II#222of 948
Atlantic War#3of 3
Operation Rheinübung#1of 1
Sinking of the battleship Bismarck#1of 1
Channel Dash †#1of 1
Eugene Esmonde
Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Air Force
Support & adopt this hero ↓World War IIAtlantic WarOperation RheinübungSinking of the battleship BismarckChannel Dash †
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Lieutenant-Commander Eugene Esmonde, was a distinguished Irish pilot in the Fleet Air Arm who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to members of Commonwealth forces. Esmonde earned this award while in command of a torpedo bomber squadron in the Second World War - in an action known as Operation Fuller, the 'Channel Dash’.
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Score Breakdown
Victoria Cross(base 100)
+100Distinguished Service Order(base 55)
+55Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))
+23Heroic Score178 pts