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| Name: |
Redford Henry "Red" Mulock |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Colonel |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
3N; 1W, 82W |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
11 August 1886 |
| Place of Birth: |
Winnepeg, Ontario |
| Died: |
23 January 1961 |
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The son of W. R. Mulock, K.C., Redford Henry Mulock was educated as an electrical engineer at McGill University. He enlisted in 1911 but resigned his commission in the 13th Field Battery of Winnipeg and joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915. The highest ranking Canadian airman of the war, he became the first Canadian ace of the war as well as the first RNAS pilot to claim 5 victories. |
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| Distinguished Service Order (DSO) |
Flight Lieutenant (Acting Flight Commander) Redford Henry Mulock, R.N.A.S.
In recognition of his services as a pilot at Dunkirk. This officer has been constantly employed at Dunkirk since July, 1915, and has displayed indefatigable zeal and energy. He has on several occasions engaged hostile aeroplanes and seaplanes, and attacked submarines, and has carried out attacks on enemy air stations, and made long-distance reconnaissances.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
30 Dec 1915 |
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1W |
Nieuport |
C (OOC) |
Dixmude |
| 2 |
24 Jan 1916 |
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1W |
Nieuport (3977) |
C (FTL) |
Near Westende |
| 3 |
26 Jan 1916 |
1500 |
1W |
Nieuport (3977) |
C (OOC) |
Nieuport |
| 4 |
21 May 1916 |
1400 |
1W |
Nieuport (3992) |
C (OOC) |
Near Nieuport |
| 5 |
21 May 1916 |
1400 |
1W |
Nieuport (3992) |
C (OOC) |
Near Nieuport |
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