Leonard Cheshire
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Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Why Is Leonard Cheshire Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, was a highly decorated Royal Air Force pilot and group captain during the Second World War, and a philanthropist. Among the honours Cheshire received as a pilot was the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the youngest group captain in the RAF and one of the most highly decorated pilots of the war.
