Lieutenant James Tennant (born 27 February 1896, date of death unknown) was a Scots World War I flying ace

Flying ace

A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

 credited with seven aerial victories.

James Tennant was a banker in Newton Stewart

Newton Stewart

Newton Stewart is a burgh town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire....

, 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

Francis Cubbon

Captain Francis Richard Cubbon MC & Bar was an aerial observer and flying ace in World War I. In conjunction with his pilots, he was credited with 21 aerial victories.-Early life and service:...

 and Frederick Thayre. Beginning four days later, Tennant teamed with fellow ex-banker Harry G. E. Luchford; Tennant would score six victories in a row with Luchford, beginning that day and ending on 17 August 1917.

Reference

• Pusher Aces of World War 1" Jon Guttman, Harry Dempsey. Osprey Pub Co, 2009. ISBN 1846034175, 9781846034176.