Lieutenant William Durrand Jr. (4 May 1885 – 12 October 1939) was a Canadian flying ace from World War I.
[1] On 30 August 1916, Sergeant William Durrand of the 66th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was commissioned a Temporary Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps.
He then upgraded to another two-seater fighter, the Bristol F.2, and scored again almost immediately, on the 27th, with observer William Benger as his gunner.
[1] His next victory came on the first day he flew as Temporary Captain and Flight Commander on 17 October 1917.
His final tally was two enemy planes driven down out of control, and six destroyed (including one shared with Reginald Makepeace).