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Lieutenant William Durrand, Jr. was a Canadian flying ace from World War I. He was credited with eight aerial victories.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/durrand.php Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 Durrand enlisted in the Canadian military on 11 March 1916.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/durrand.php Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 On 30 August 1916, Sergeant William Durrand of the 66th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was commissioned a Temporary Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 9 September 1916) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29741/supplements/8878 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 On 1 March 1917 appointed Flying Officer while still Temporary Second Lieutenant.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 21 March 1917) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29994/supplements/2828 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 He was then assigned to 20 Squadron to pilot a Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d. He scored his first victory on 8 June 1917, with Edward Sayers manning the observer's guns. Durrand scored three more wins while flying a FE.2, with number four coming on 21 September. He then upgraded to another two-seater fighter, the Bristol F.2, and scored again almost immediately, on the 27th, with observer William Benger as his gunner.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/durrand.php Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 His next victory came on the first day he flew as Temporary Captain and Flight Commander,〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 1 November 1916) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30361/supplements/11277 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 17 October 1917. Durrand scored twice more with the Bristol, ending his victory string on 8 November 1917. His final tally was two enemy planes driven down out of control, and six destroyed (including one shared with Reginald Makepeace).〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/durrand.php Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 He was transferred to the Royal Air Force unemployed list on 18 May 1919.〔(''The London Gazette'', 15 July 1919) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31458/pages/9003 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕〔(''The London Gazette'', 15 July 1919) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31458/pages/9004 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 ==Honors and awards== Awarded the Military Cross'' on 17 December 1917.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 17 December 1916) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30431/supplements/13181 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 17 December 1916) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30431/supplements/13182 Retrieved on 16 March 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Durrand, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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