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| Name: |
Louis Drummond Bawlf |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
3N (RNAS)
203 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
19 November 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Died: |
22 August 1966 |
| Place of Death: |
Toronto, Ontario |
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Louis Drummond Bawlf was one of eight children and the son of Nicholas and Katherine Bawlf. His father, a prominent grain merchant in Winnipeg, died suddenly in 1914.
Bawlf transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service on 23 December 1916. Posted to 3 Naval Squadron (later 203 Squadron) in the spring of 1917, he scored five victories as a Sopwith Camel pilot. His brother, David Leland "Barney" Bawlf, also a member of 203 Squadron, was killed in action on 21 April 1918.
Bawlf served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
27 Jul 1917 |
1415 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B3805) |
Seaplane (DES) 1 |
20 mi off Ostend |
| 2 |
18 Feb 1918 |
1140 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (D6417) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Dixmude-Thorout |
| 3 |
22 Mar 1918 |
1230 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B7192) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Marquion |
| 4 |
24 Mar 1918 |
1530 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B7192) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 2 |
Vaux |
| 5 |
22 Jul 1918 |
0645 |
203 |
Sopwith Camel (D3415) |
DFW C (DES) |
Bauvin |
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| 1 |
Shared with FCdr Joseph Fall, FSL James Glen, FSL Harold Beamish, FSL Aubrey Ellwood |
| 2 |
Shared with FCdr FC Armstrong, FSL S Smith (B7274), FSL Ronald Berlyn, F/Lt Edmund Pierce, FSL Frederick Britnell |
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