Question: What key details about howard peter blatchford can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: howard peter '' cowboy '' blatchford dfc -lrb- 25 february 1912 -- 3 may 1943 -rrb- a flying ace , who acquired the first canadian victory in world war ii . he was born in edmonton , alberta on 25 february 1912 , and enrolled in the royal air force in february 1936 . he was then 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 hurricanes . he soon joined no. 257 squadron raf , under the command of sqn ldr robert stanford tuck . blatchford received the distinguished flying cross in december 1940 . flight lieutenant howard peter blatchford -lrb- 37715 -rrb- , 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 expended , and then made two determined head-on feint attacks on enemy fighters , which drove them off . he has shown magnificent leadership and outstanding courage . he became commanding officer of no. 257 squadron raf in july 1941 . blatchford was then promoted to wing commander in september that year , becoming wing leader of the digby wing . he finished his tour of duty in april 1942 , returning to operations in february 1943 and wing commander of the coltishall wing . leading the wing to escort bomber attacking a power station in amsterdam , blatchford was shot down and killed in action on 3 may 1943 by obfw . hans ehlers of ii gruppe , jagdgeschwader 1 . his body was never found . he is commemorated on the air forces memorial at runnymede . blatchford had by this time claimed 5 aircraft shot down , 3 shared aircraft shot down , 3 ' probables ' , 4 damaged and 1 shared damaged .
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- death place is killed in action- branch is united kingdom- caption is flight no. 257 squadron raf climbing out of his hawker hurricane lieutenant mark i at raf martlesham heath , suffolk . h p '' cowboy '' blatchford of- birth name is howard peter blatchford- battles is world war ii- death date is 03 may 1943- allegiance is united kingdom- awards is distinguished flying cross- birth date is 25 february 1912- serviceyears is 1936 -- 1943- name is howard peter blatchford- image size is 300- unit is no. 17 squadron raf no. 257 squadron raf digby wing coltishall 41 wing squadron raf no. 212 squadron raf no.- image is royal air force fighter command , 1939-1945 . ch1670.jpg- birth place is edmonton , alberta- rank is wing commander