James Tennant (aviator)

James Tennant
Born 27 February 1896
Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Died Unknown
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Infantry; aviation
Rank Lieutenant
Unit No. 20 Squadron RFC
Awards Military Cross

Lieutenant James Tennant (born 27 February 1896, date of death unknown) was a Scots World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.[1]

James Tennant was a banker in Newton Stewart, Scotland before World War I. He was assigned to 20 Squadron as a gunner/observer on Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2Ds. He scored his first aerial victory on 9 June 1917, the same day the squadron lost Francis Cubbon and Frederick Thayre. Beginning four days later, Tennant teamed with fellow ex-banker Harry G. E. Luchford;[2] Tennant would score six victories in a row with Luchford, beginning that day and ending on 17 August 1917.[1]

Sources of information

  1. ^ a b http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/scotland/tennant.php Retrieved on 16 August 2010.
  2. ^ Pusher Aces of World War 1. p. 83. 

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