On 16 September 1916 Pritt passed his Royal Aero Club flying test and was awarded Aviators' Certificate No.
66 Squadron Pritt became an ace, officially credited with five aircraft destroyed; there is evidence of a possible sixth victory.
The accompanying note states "did not take exams, absent sick, CFS cat B, graded unsuitable as instructor at present".
On 15 April 1921 Pritt was commissioned as a temporary lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment,[8][9] part of the Territorial Army.
Records indicate Pritt was a commercial artist and poultry farmer until his death on 27 January 1928 at the age of 30 in an automobile accident near Bagby in North Yorkshire.