 Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley Pentland , MC , DFC , AFC ( 5 August 1894 – 3 November 1983 ) , known as Jerry Pentland , was an Australian fighter ace in World War I. Born in Maitland , New South Wales , he commenced service as a Lighthorseman with the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 , and saw action at Gallipoli . He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps the following year , rising to captain . Credited with twenty @-@ three aerial victories , Pentland became the fifth highest @-@ scoring Australian ace of the war , after Robert Little , Stan Dallas , Harry Cobby and Roy 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 hostile aircraft single @-@ handedly . 
