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Leonard Barlow [England]

Name:Leonard Monteagle Barlow
Country:England
Rank:Lieutenant
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Squadrons:56
Victories:20
Born:5 June 1898
Place of Birth:London
Died:5 February 1918Killed In Flying Accident
Place of Death:Martlesham Heath
Military Cross (MC) and 2 BarsLeonard Barlow

Notes
A student of electical engineering, Barlow joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. As an S.E.5 pilot, he was known for his resourcefulness. "The Gadget King" developed a method to fire his Vickers and Lewis machine guns simultaneously with a single trigger. On 25 September 1917, he attacked four German aircraft over the Houthulst Forest and shot down three of them in three minutes. He was killed while testing a Sopwith Dolphin.

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