{{Short description|WWI Canadian military pilot}} {{For|the American comedic|Irwin Corey}} <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft and Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Military. --> {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox military person | name = Irving Banfield Corey | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|08|30}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|04|18|1892|08|30}} | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = Kingscroft, Quebec, Canada | death_place = Beebe Plain, Quebec, Canada | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance = George V of the British Empire | branch = Aviation | service_years = | rank = Second lieutenant | unit = No. 103 Squadron RAF | commands = | battles = | awards = Distinguished Flying Cross | relations = | other_work = }} Second Lieutenant '''Irving Banfield Corey''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DFC}} (August 30, 1892 &ndash; April 18, 1976) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Guttman|first1=Jon|title=Reconnaissance and Bomber Aces of World War 1|date=2015|publisher=Osprey Publishing|page=41|isbn=9781782008019 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAVDBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41|accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the 1919 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31378 |date=3 June 1919 |page=7031 |supp=y}}</ref>

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