The citation noted his "high standard of determination and devotion to duty", exemplary conduct and declared him "a worthy member of a fine crew" who had "defended his aircraft with great skill on several occasions against enemy fighters".

[5] In 1951, Lynch left the RAF and emigrated to the United States, taking up a role as Airline Flight Operation Officer at Kennedy International Airport and settling on Long Island.

[7] He became Chairman of the Long Island branch of the Congress of Racial Equality (LI CORE), organising protests against discriminatory housing practices and filing complaints with the State Commission for Human Rights.

[11] The same year, Lynch was part of a group showing the poor quality of local housing to the Executive Director of President Johnson's anti-poverty campaign.

[10] In 1967, Lynch resigned from CORE and joined the New York Urban Coalition as Vice President and formed the Alliance of Minority Group Leaders.