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Lieutenant Howard Peter BLATCHFORD (37715), No. 257 Squadron. In November, 1940, this officer was the leader of a squadron which destroyed eight and damaged a further five enemy aircraft in one day. In the course of the combat he rammed and damaged a hostile fighter when his ammunition was
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577:People from Edmonton
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264:Robert Stanford Tuck
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240:No. 212 Squadron RAF
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