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De Pencier, John Dartnell

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Title Captain (RCAF)
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Birth 12/11/1898 Death 17/05/1920
Place (nk) Place Cologne
Area BC Area
Country Canada Country Germany
 
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Awards Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for Air in Respect of Valuable Service
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Biography
De Pencier was the son of the Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia. He attended the University School in Victoria BC. He was living in Vancouver BC as a student at the time of his recruitment.
 
Military Service
He served as a gunner with the 68th Field Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery in 1916. In April 1917, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was posted to 19 Squadron on 6 October 1917. By the end of the month, he'd scored his first victory flying the SPAD S.XIII. Wounded in stomach during late November of 1917, De Pencier returned from his mission not realizing how badly he'd been wounded. After seven days leave of absence, he returned to duty in December and scored his second victory with the SPAD S.XIII. In 1918, his squadron was re-equipped with Sopwith Dolphins and De Pencier scored six more victories before returning to the Home Establishment to become an instructor. In 1920, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Germany, De Pencier was killed in a crash following a mid-air collision with Cyril Ridley near Cologne Germany 18/05/1920.
 
Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown Service Aircraft Flown: SPAD S.XIII, Sopwith Dolphin.
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References
http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/gong-2c-d.html; British Columbia From the Earliest Times to the Present (Vol. 3) (1914);
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2010-12-03 00:00:00

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