Alexander Pentland

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Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley Pentland MC DFC (5 August 1884–1983) was an Australian flying ace in World War I. He served in the RFC from 1916 until the end of the war, attaining the rank of Captain. He shot down 23 enemy aircraft in that time, making him the 5th highest-scoring Australian ace of the war, after Robert Little, Roderic Dallas, Harry Cobby and Elwyn King. He was awarded the Military Cross in January 1918 for "Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" on a mission attacking an aerodrome behind enemy lines, and the Distinguished Flying Cross that August for engaging four enemy aircraft single-handedly.

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  • Alexander Pentland at The Aerodrome [1]
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