Lieutenant Pruett Mullens Dennett (21 January 1899 – 2 June 1918) was a World War I British flying ace.
[6] Flight Officer Dennett received his aviator's certificate on 21 May 1917 on an Avro biplane at the Royal Naval Air Station in Redcar, Yorkshire, England.
Dennett is credited with ten aerial victories, all of them taking place from a Sopwith Camel, a single-seat biplane.
Dennett's eighth occurred on 22 May 1918, two miles northeast of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, and involved an unidentified two-seater that was sent out of control.
Pruett Dennett's final victory took place on 2 June 1918, north of Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais.
[9] Lieutenant Pruett Mullens Dennett was killed in action on 2 June 1918 near Estaires, Nord, France.
[10][11] His Sopwith Camel was shot down by Kurt Schönfelder, flying ace of Jasta 7 and credited with 13 aerial victories.
(The German pilot was shot down weeks later, on 26 June 1918, when his Fokker D.VII was defeated by Sopwith Camels flown by 210 Squadron.