branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards birth_date rank article_title name
royal naval air service , royal air force 22 march 1976 earls court , london , england england no. rnas/no . 201 squadron raf , no. 3 squadron raf 9 squadron rnas , / no. 1 squadron distinguished flying cross 13 november 1897 captain hazel wallace
 hazel leroy wallace
hazel wallace

captain hazel leroy wallace dfc -lrb- 13 november 1897 -- 22 march 1976 -rrb- was a canadian first world war flying ace , officially credited with 14 victories .
his record shows him to have been a notable team player in squadron tactics .
wallace originally served with 9 squadron rnas in 1917 as a sopwith camel pilot .
he won his first dogfights there , sharing victories on 6 and 16 september 1917 with joseph stewart temple fall and several other pilots .
he then transferred to 1 squadron rnas in early 1918 .
on 11 march 1918 , he scored a solo victory , driving an albatros d.v down out of control .
five days later , he shared a win with maxwell findlay .
wallace would not score again until 2 may , when he , reginald brading , samuel kinkead , and several other british pilots sent a hapless german observation plane down out of control ; wallace thus became an ace .
his next triumph on the morning of 15 may was more of the same , as wallace , findlay , kinkead , brading , charles dawson booker , robert mclaughlin , and three other british pilots pounced upon and destroyed an albatros d.v. .
a solo `` out of control '' win on the afternoon patrol for the 15th , and another the next day put wallace 's tally at eight .
he then transferred to 3 squadron as the c flight commander .
on 20 july 1918 , he and adrian franklyn drove a hannover two-seater observation plane down out of control .
he continued to score with his new unit -- mostly solo victories , but with one win shared with george r. riley -- bringing his total to thirteen by 21 august .
the next day , he became a balloon buster , teaming with riley to bring down a german observation balloon .
though he scored no further victories , his distinguished flying cross was awarded on 2 november 1918 .
