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| Name: | Harold Byron "Steve" Hudson |  | Country: | Canada | Rank: | Lieutenant | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 28, 45 | Victories: | 13 | Born: | 8 December 1898 | Place of Birth: | Cobham, Surrey, England | Died: | February 1982 | Place of Death: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| | The son of a doctor and a native of England, Hudson's family emigrated to British Columbia in 1912. Joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1917, he flew the Sopwith Camel with 28 Squadron in Italy and shared in several victories over kite balloons with his flight commander, William Barker. He was reassigned to 45 Squadron at the end of May 1918. After the war, Hudson returned to British Columbia where he worked in the pulp and papermill industries. |
| | "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in destroying four enemy aeroplanes and shooting down two enemy kite balloons in flames." MC citation, London Gazette, 16 September 1918 |
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