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|name=Howard Peter Blatchford |image=Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1670.jpg |image_size=300 |caption=Flight Lieutenant H P "Cowboy" Blatchford of No. 257 Squadron RAF climbing out of his Hawker Hurricane Mark I at RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. |birth_date={{Birth date|1912|02|25|df=yes}} |death_date={{Death date and age|1943|05|03|1912|02|25|df=yes}} |placeofburial_label= |placeofburial= |birth_place=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |death_place=Killed in Action |placeofburial_coordinates= |nickname= |birth_name=Howard Peter Blatchford |allegiance=United Kingdom |branch=Royal Air Force |serviceyears=1936–1943 |rank=Wing Commander |servicenumber= |unit=No. 41 Squadron RAF No. 212 Squadron RAF No. 17 Squadron RAF No. 257 Squadron RAF Digby Wing Coltishall Wing |commands= |battles=World War II |battles_label= |awards=Distinguished Flying Cross |relations= |laterwork= }} Howard Peter "Cowboy" Blatchford, DFC (25 February 1912 – 3 May 1943) was a flying ace, who achieved the first Canadian victory in World War II. Blatchford was born in Edmonton, Alberta on 25 February 1912, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in February 1936.[1] He was posted to No. 41 Squadron RAF in early 1937. In April 1940 he was posted to No. 212 Squadron RAF, flying photo-reconnaissance operations. In June he joined the Photographic Development Unit as a flight commander, later transferring to No. 17 Squadron RAF in September, flying Hawker Hurricanes. He soon joined No. 257 Squadron RAF, under the command of Squadron Leader Robert Stanford Tuck.[2] In December 1940, Blatchford was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross:
Blatchford became commanding officer of No. 257 Squadron RAF in July 1941.[4] He was promoted to wing commander in September that year, becoming wing leader of the Digby Wing. On September 23, 1941, John Gillespie Magee, the author of the famous flying poem "High Flight," arrived at Digby for his first operational posting, on RCAF 412 Squadron.[5] On October 12, 1941, Magee's squadron moved from the Digby aerodrome to the nearby RAF Wellingore, from which he was operating when he died. Blatchford finished his tour of duty in April 1942, returning to operations in February 1943 as wing leader of the Coltishall Wing. Leading the Coltishall Wing to escort bombers attacking a power station in Amsterdam, Blatchford was shot down and killed in action on 3 May 1943 by Obfw. Hans Ehlers (officer) of II Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 1. His body was never found. He is commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede.[6] At the time of his death, Blatchford had claimed five aircraft shot down, three shared aircraft shot down, three "probables", four damaged and one shared damaged.[7] References1. ^http://www.cieldegloire.com/003_blatchford_h_p.php 2. ^http://acesofww2.com/can/aces/blatchford/ 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=35009|page=6938|date=6 December 1940}} 4. ^http://www.rcaf.com/archives/archives_general/aces/aces_ab.htm 5. ^Stephen M. Fochuk, "Maggie's War - John Gillespie Magee's One and Only Time he engaged the Luftwaffe", Air Force Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 3, 15 December 2017, p. 44 6. ^http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1529953 7. ^http://jpgleize.club.fr/aces/ww2can.htm
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