Lieutenant James Victor Gascoyne DFC (25 May 1892 – 1976) was an English World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

[1] Gascoyne was born in Royston, Hertfordshire, and joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1913, before the start of the First World War, as one of its earliest recruits.

[1] On 1 August 1919 Gascoyne was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force with the rank of lieutenant,[5] but resigned from the RAF on 25 October 1921.

[6] Gascoyne returned to military service during the Second World War, being granted a commission "for the duration of hostilities" in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a pilot officer on probation on 4 September 1940.

Gascoyne made a most successful attack on the enemy from a height of 100 feet, obtaining three direct hits and inflicting heavy casualties.