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Howsam, George Robert If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Air Vice-Marshall (RCAF)
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Birth	29/01/1895	Death	16/04/1988
Place	(nk)	Place	Victoria
Area	(nk)	Area	BC
Country	(nk)	Country	Canada

 

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Honours	MC.
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Biography

 

Military Service

In the fall of 1917, Howsam joined #70 Squadron to fly the Sopwith Camel and scored his first victory in December. On 22 January 1918, he shot down four Albatros scouts in one day. After recovering from wounds received in combat on 24/03/1918, he was posted to 43 Squadron as a flight commander in October 1918. Flying a Sopwith Snipe, he scored his final victory on 30 October, shooting down a Fokker D.VII over Aulnoye. Howsam served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, retiring in 1945 as an Air Vice-Marshal RCAF.

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Sopwith Camel. Sopwith Snipe. (He had six victories in the First World War.)
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References
Last update
2011-01-31 00:00:00

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