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Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War and later philanthropist.Among the honours Cheshire received as a pilot is 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, but after serving as the British observer on the Nagasaki nuclear attack he resigned from the Air Force.

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rdfs:comment	Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War and later philanthropist.Among the honours Cheshire received as a pilot is 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, but after serving as the British observer on the Nagasaki nuclear attack he resigned from the Air Force.
foaf:name	Cheshire, Leonard The Lord Cheshire
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dc:description	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
award	dbpedia:Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom) dbpedia:Distinguished_Service_Order dbpedia:Mentioned_in_dispatches dbpedia:Victoria_Cross dbpedia:Order_of_Merit
battle	World War II
birth date	1917-09-07(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Chester
birth year	1917-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1992-07-31(xsd:dateTime)
death place	Cavendish Suffolk
death year	1992-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military command	No. 617 Squadron RAF No. 76 Squadron RAF RAF Marston Moor
military unit	No. 102 Squadron RAF No. XXXV (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF
relation	Cheshire, Geoffrey Chevalier
service end year	1946-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1937-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CH9136.jpg?width=300
is notable commander of	Tube Alloys No. 617 Squadron RAF No. 76 Squadron RAF
is spouse of	Binney, Constance (The Right Honourable)

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