James Denis

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Georges James Denis (1 February 1906 – 21 June 2003) also known simply as James Denis was a French aviator, pilot, Companion of the Liberation and World War II veteran. He served in the Royal Air Force on the side of the exiled government of Free France and later the French Fourth Republic until retirement in 1954. Denis held 17 victories in aerial combat, earning him the rank of flying ace. Georges James Denis was born on 1 February 1906 in the town of Croix-Chapeau, Charente-Maritime into a farming family. He was a son of Georges Edmond Denis (1867-1928) and Marie Julia Simon (1872-1949). He joined the French Armed Forces in 1925, later getting his certification as a fighter pilot in 1929. Denis also became an instructor for radio navigators within the French military after he had to abdicate from his initial position for health reasons. During the Battle of France Denis served as an instructor at the School of Navigators and Radio Operators (École de Radio-navigants, ERN) at the Saint-Jean-d'Angély base. After the Battle of France was lost by the French to Nazi Germany, allowing the Germans to take control of France and install their client Vichy France government. This prompted Denis to escape to the United Kingdom along with twenty of his fellow soldiers in a derelict Farman F.220 monoplane bomber.