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| Name: |
Hazel LeRoy Wallace |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
9N (RNAS)
3, 201 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
14 |
| Born: |
13 November 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| Died: |
22 March 1976 |
| Place of Death: |
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The son of James H. and Barbara Wallace, Hazel LeRoy Wallace enlisted in July 1916, after learning to fly at a school in the United States. During the war, he scored fourteen victories flying the Sopwith Camel.
Listed as Hazel Le Roy Wallace in the London Gazette.
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The Lethbridge Daily Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Monday, 19 August 1918
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lieut. (T./Capt.) Hazel Le Roy Wallace.
A gallant and most capable leader, who in many engagements has displayed marked ability and courage, notably in a recent attack on an aerodrome when he led his flight against the group of hangars allotted to him at an altitude of between 100 to 200 feet. By direct hits he destroyed three enemy aeroplanes and set fire to a hangar by machine-gun fire. In addition to above this officer has destroyed four aeroplanes and driven three down out of control.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
06 Sep 1917 |
1335 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B3892) |
Albatros C (OOC) 1 |
Middelkerke |
| 2 |
16 Sep 1917 |
1645 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B3883) |
DFW C (DESF) 2 |
E of Mariakerke |
| 3 |
11 Mar 1918 |
1000 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6359) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Armentières |
| 4 |
16 Mar 1918 |
1625 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6359) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 3 |
E of Roulers |
| 5 |
02 May 1918 |
1010 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B6359) |
C (OOC) 4 |
N of Albert |
| 6 |
15 May 1918 |
0645 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B5479) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 5 |
Bapaume |
| 7 |
15 May 1918 |
1745 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B6421) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Albert |
| 8 |
17 May 1918 |
1930 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7191) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Albert |
| 9 |
20 Jul 1918 |
1020 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (C1698) |
Hannover C (OOC) 6 |
Ayette |
| 10 |
03 Aug 1918 |
1620 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (C1698) |
DFW C (DES) |
S of Arras |
| 11 |
08 Aug 1918 |
1400 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (C1698) |
Rumpler C (OOC) 7 |
62D X30 |
| 12 |
10 Aug 1918 |
1040 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (C1698) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
62C C54 |
| 13 |
21 Aug 1918 |
1120 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (C1698) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
57C G8 |
| 14 |
22 Aug 1918 |
0955 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (C1698) |
Balloon (DES) 8 |
Tilloy |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL Arthur Wood, FSL Harold Stackard, FSL J E Scott (B3907), FCdr Joseph Fall |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Joseph Fall, FSL Arthur Wood |
| 3 |
Shared with FSL Maxwell Findlay |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt Samuel Kinkead, Lt Anthony Spence, Lt R E Bright (B7267), 2Lt H Riddell (B7225), Lt Reginald Brading |
| 5 |
Shared with Maj Charles Booker, Lt James Forman, Lt Maxwell Findlay, Lt R Hemmens, Lt Robert McLaughlin, Capt Samuel Kinkead, Lt Reginald Brading, Lt R S S Orr |
| 6 |
Shared with Lt Adrian Franklyn |
| 7 |
Shared with 2Lt H S Basford, Lt A D McManus, Lt George Riley, Lt V B McIntosh |
| 8 |
Shared with Lt George Riley |
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