Captain William Lancelot Jordan DSC & Bar, DFC (3 December 1896 – 20 August 1925) was a South African World War I flying ace credited with 39 victories.

[1] William Lancelot Jordan was born in Georgetown (now George), Cape Colony, the youngest son of Mrs. J. E.

Jordan enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) as a mechanic in September 1916, and subsequently volunteered to fly as a gunner.

He received his pilot's training in 1917 and was posted to RNAS 8 Naval Squadron to fly Sopwith Triplanes.

[4] Jordan scored his first victory on 13 July 1917, driving a German Rumpler down out of control.

One of these victories, his fourth, was achieved over German ace Adolf Ritter von Tutschek on 11 August 1917.

It was only with his tenth victory that Jordan was credited with an actual destruction of an enemy, as opposed to driving them down out of control.

Jordan, in conjunction with another pilot, attacked one, into which he fired at close range, sending it down in a side-slipping dive.

He has led numerous offensive patrols into action, displaying at all times marked ability, determination and dash.

He is an ideal Squadron Commander who has personally accounted for twenty-five enemy machines.