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Jerry Pentland

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 5, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:47, 22 July 2016 (UTC)



Jerry Pentland (5 August 1894 – 3 November 1983) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. He saw action at Gallipoli as a Lighthorseman with the Australian Imperial Force in 1915. Transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, he was credited with 23 aerial victories to become the fifth highest-scoring Australian ace of the war. He was awarded the Military Cross for attacking an enemy airfield, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for engaging four hostile aircraft single-handedly. Pentland served in the fledgling Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later the Royal Air Force, before going into business in 1927. His ventures included commercial flying around New Guinea goldfields. By the early 1930s, he was a pilot with Australian National Airways. He re-joined the RAAF during World War II, commanding rescue and communications units in the South West Pacific. Perhaps the oldest operational pilot in the RAAF, Pentland was responsible for several rescues, and earned the Air Force Cross for his bravery and skill. He became a trader in New Guinea after the war, and later a coffee planter. Retiring in 1959, he died in 1983 at the age of 89.
 * Most recent similar article(s): John Balmer (3 July)
 * Main editors: Ian Rose
 * Promoted: 7 February 2010
 * Reasons for nomination: Birthday (also a general connection with the centenary of World War I)
 * Support as nominator. Ian Rose (talk) 08:25, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support go aussies Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:10, 7 July 2016 (UTC)