Lieutenant James Cromwell Bush MC (1 March 1891 – 7 October 1917) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
[2] He was commissioned into the 5th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)[2] as a temporary second lieutenant on 22 September 1914.
[4] Sent to Gallipoli in 1915, Bush was of the few survivors of his battalion from Suvla Bay,[2] afterwards receiving a mention in despatches from General Sir Ian Hamilton,[5] and also the award of the Military Cross.
[2] On 22 August 1916 he was replaced as ADC,[8] and 18 December 1916 was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment with the rank of lieutenant.
For his first two victories on 12 August 1917, he teamed with Carleton Clement to set one Albatros D.V aflame and send another down out of control.