Just some notes here before we begin:
- ”Missions Completed” means missions where the player has completed the primary objective. This is different from “missions flown,” where the game just looks at how many times you have gone out on a mission, regardless of whether or not the objective was completed.
- ”Ground Targets” are all targets that are not ships or buildings - that is, vehicles, railcars, guns, and tanks (though I think tanks are not a ground target present anywhere, unfortunately).
- ”Building facilities” are a group of…buildings that the player has destroyed. These are railyards, supply dumps, factory complexes, and naval facilities.
Ok then, on to the medals:
France:
Legion of Honor (Knight):
- Eligibility: all pilots from France, Great Britain, United States, and Belgium
- Requirement: 50 missions completed
- Eligibility: all pilots from France
- Requirement: 200 missions completed
- Eligibility: all pilots from France. Pilots from the US and Great Britain can earn the first three grades.
- Requirements: increasing number of targets destroyed, based on the grade of the medal. The lowest level requires one of the following: 1 aircraft destroyed, 1 ship sunk, 1 building facility destroyed, or 5 ground targets destroyed. The highest grade requires one of the following: 75 aircraft destroyed, 16 ships sunk, 16 building facilities destroyed, or 375 ground targets destroyed.
Great Britain:
Military Cross:
- Eligibility: all British officers below the rank of Major, up to 31 March 1918*
- Requirements: 25 missions completed, plus one of the following: 5 aircraft destroyed, 25 ground targets destroyed, or 1 building facility destroyed.
Military Cross with Bar:
- Eligibility: all British officers below the rank of Major, up to 31 March 1918*
- Requirements: 45 missions completed, plus one of the following: 15 aircraft destroyed, 75 ground targets destroyed, or 3 building facilities destroyed.
Military Cross with 2 Bars:
- Eligibility: all British officers below the rank of Major, up to 31 March 1918*
- Requirements: 75 missions completed, plus one of the following: 25 aircraft destroyed, 125 ground targets destroyed, or 5 building facilities destroyed.
Distinguished Service Cross:
- Eligibility: all British officers, up to 31 March 1918*
- Requirement: 1 ship sunk
Distinguished Service Cross with Bar:
- Eligibility: all British officers, up to 31 March 1918*
- Requirement: 3 ships sunk
Distinguished Service Cross with 2 Bars:
- Eligibility: all British officers, up to 31 March 1918*
- Requirement: 5 ships sunk
Distinguished Flying Cross:
- Eligibility: all British officers, from 3 June 1918
- Requirements: 25 missions completed, plus one of the following: 5 aircraft destroyed, 1 ship sunk, 25 ground targets destroyed, or 1 building facility destroyed as a Second Lieutenant. Requirements are harder for higher ranks.
- Eligibility: all British officers, from 3 June 1918
- Requirements: 45 missions completed, plus one of the following: 15 aircraft destroyed, 3 ships sunk, 75 ground targets destroyed, or 3 building facilities destroyed as a Second Lieutenant. Requirements are harder for higher ranks.
Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Bars:
- Eligibility: all British officers, from 3 June 1918
- Requirements: 75 missions completed, plus one of the following: 25 aircraft destroyed, 5 ships sunk, 125 ground targets destroyed, or 5 building facilities destroyed as a Second Lieutenant. Requirements are harder for higher ranks.
- Eligibility: all British officers
- Requirement: 75 missions completed
- Eligibility: all British officers
- Requirement: 225 missions completed
- Eligibility: all British officers
- Requirement: 500 missions completed
- Eligibility: all British pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 60 aircraft destroyed, 5 aircraft shot down on one mission, or an exceptionally good ground or ship attack mission
Victoria Cross with Bar:
- Eligibility: all British pilots who already have the Victoria Cross
- Requirements: one of the following: 80 aircraft destroyed, 8 aircraft shot down on one mission, or an exceptionally good ground or ship attack mission
Air Force Cross:
- Eligibility: all British officers, from 3 June 1918
- Requirement: 100 missions flown
Air Force Cross with Bar:
- Eligibility: all British officers, from 3 June 1918
- Requirement: 200 missions flown
Air Force Cross with 2 Bars:
- Eligibility: all British officers, from 3 June 1918
- Requirement: 400 missions flown
United States:
Distinguished Service Cross:
- Eligibility: all American pilots
- Requirements: increasing number of targets destroyed, based on the grade of the medal. The lowest level requires one of the following: 1 aircraft destroyed, 1 ship sunk, 1 building facility destroyed, or 5 ground targets destroyed. The highest grade requires one of the following: 50 aircraft destroyed, 11 ships sunk, 11 building facilities destroyed, or 250 ground targets destroyed.
Medal of Honor:
- Eligibility: all American pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 65 aircraft destroyed, 5 aircraft shot down on one mission, or an exceptionally good ground or ship attack mission
Belgium:
Volunteer Combatant Medal:
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots
- Requirement: 30 missions flown
Croix de Guerre:
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots
- Requirements: increasing number of targets destroyed, based on the grade of the medal. The lowest level requires one of the following: 1 aircraft destroyed, 1 ship sunk, 1 building facility destroyed, 5 ground targets destroyed, or 5 missions completed. The highest grade requires one of the following: 30 aircraft destroyed, 7 ships sunk, 7 building facilities destroyed, 150 ground targets destroyed, or 150 missions completed
Military Decoration for Gallantry (Second Class):
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots
- Requirements: 3 aircraft shot down on one mission or an exceptionally good ground or ship attack mission
Military Decoration for Gallantry (First Class):
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots who already have the lower grade of this medal
- Requirements: 5 aircraft shot down on one mission or an exceptionally good ground or ship attack mission
Order of Leopold II:
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 45 aircraft destroyed, 9 ships sunk, 9 building facilities destroyed, 225 ground objects destroyed, or 225 missions completed
Order of the Crown:
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 60 aircraft destroyed, 12 ships sunk, 12 building facilities destroyed, 300 ground objects destroyed, or 300 missions completed
Order of Leopold:
- Eligibility: all Belgian pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 75 aircraft destroyed, 15 ships sunk, 15 building facilities destroyed, 375 ground objects destroyed, or 375 missions completed
Germany:
Pilot’s Badge:
- Eligibility: all German pilots
- Requirement: 1 mission completed
Iron Cross 2nd Class:
- Eligibility: all German pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 1 aircraft destroyed, 1 ship sunk, 1 building facility destroyed, or 5 ground targets destroyed
Iron Cross 1st Class:
- Eligibility: all German pilots
- Requirements: one of the following: 5 aircraft destroyed, 2 ships sunk, 2 building facilities destroyed, or 25 ground targets destroyed
Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern:
- Eligibility: all German officers
- Requirements: 30 missions completed, plus one of the following: 10 aircraft destroyed, 3 ships sunk, 3 building facilities destroyed, or 50 ground targets destroyed
Pour le Merite:
- Eligibility: all German officers
- Requirements: 60 missions completed, plus one of the following: 20 aircraft destroyed, 4 ships sunk, 4 building facilities destroyed, or 100 ground targets destroyed
Knight’s Cross of the Military Order of Maximilian-Joseph:
- Eligibility: all German officers
- Requirements: 90 missions completed, plus one of the following: 30 aircraft destroyed, 6 ships sunk, 6 building facilities destroyed, or 150 ground targets destroyed
Knight’s Cross of Order of St. Henry:
- Eligibility: all German officers
- Requirements: 135 missions completed, plus one of the following: 45 aircraft destroyed, 9 ships sunk, 9 building facilities destroyed, or 225 ground targets destroyed
Commander Second Class Military Cross of Order of St. Henry:
- Eligibility: all German officers
- Requirements: 165 missions completed, plus one of the following: 55 aircraft destroyed, 11 ships sunk, 11 building facilities destroyed, or 275 ground targets destroyed
Order of the Red Eagle:
- Eligibility: all German officers
- Requirements: 210 missions completed, plus one of the following: 70 aircraft destroyed, 14 ships sunk, 14 building facilities destroyed, or 350 ground targets destroyed
Black Wound Badge:
- Eligibility: all German pilots, from 3 March 1918
- Requirement: wounded in action 1 time
Silver Wound Badge:
- Eligibility: all German pilots, from 3 March 1918
- Requirement: wounded in action 3 times
Gold Wound Badge:
- Eligibility: all German pilots, from 3 March 1918
- Requirement: wounded in action 5 times