. "Cheshire, Leonard"@en . "1992Z"^^ . . "Recipient of the Victoria Cross" . "1917Z"^^ . . . "No. 76 Squadron RAF" . . . "RAF Marston Moor" . "The Lord Cheshire"@en . . . "1992-07-31Z"^^ . . "1946Z"^^ . "1937Z"^^ . . "1917-09-07Z"^^ . "No. 617 Squadron RAF" . "Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 \u2013 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. "@en . . . . .