I am asking on behalf of a bunch of guys who worked for Pan Am for about 20 years, you would think they would remember wouldnt you ! There definitly was some music played apparently .

Thanks very much for all the info you guys have provided, the reason this all started was because on the Antiques Roadshow a couple of weeks ago was a lady with a painting of a Halifax with loads of signatures on it from aircrew.
A chap i work with saw the program and the camera zoomed in on a name on the painting ‘Phillip Bentley DFC’, he recognised the signature as someone he worked with years ago at Pan Am Cargo at LHR, Phillip was the manager there.
But in all the years of Phillip working there he had never mentioned a DFC or even flying in the war, apparently he did have a painting of a Wellington on his office wall but never spoke about why.
There are many people still working there with me who knew Phillip from many years ago and are really surprised to find this all out from a chance sighting of a signature on TV.
Thanks again for your help.
Mike

Thanks very much for the info so far, very helpful and very interesting, is there anywhere i can go to to find out exactly why the DFC was awarded ?
Mike