This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Canada. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country
A Name Kills Awards Notes Aikman, Frederick Alan 10 DFC* Wingman of Paddy Finucane Angus, Allen Benjamin 5 DFC KIA 16 May 1940 Archer, Philip Leslie I 6 DFC KIA 17 June 1943 Armstrong, H A 5 Arthur, Charles Ian Rose "Duke" 6 Askey, Michael William Hamilton 5 KIA 28 October 1943Atkinson, William Henry Isaac 5 DSC FAA Audet, Richard Joseph "Dick" 11 DFC* KIA 3 March 1945
B Name Kills Awards Notes Ballantyne, James Hamilton 6 DFM Banks, Wilfred John 9 DFC* Bannock, Russell "Russ" 28 DSO, DFC* Barton, Robert Alexander "Butch" 17 DFC* Battle of Britain, Surviving Aircrew Beurling, George "Buzz/Screwball" 32 DSO, DFC, DFM* KIFA 20 May 1948 Blatchford, Howard Peter "Cowboy" 8 DFC Battle of Britain, KIA 3 May 1943 Bodien, Henri Erskine ("Joe")Aces of WW2 - H.E. Bodien 5 DFC Night fighter ace. Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant in No. 151 (Night Fighter) Squadron RAF so the first three of his victories are also credited to his air gunner, for first two this was Sgt. D.E.C. Jonas (KIA 10 Apr 1941).Bodien retired 6 July 1966 as a wing commander. Died 1999 Boulton, Henry "Foss" 5 DFC Bouskill, Russell Reginald 5 DFC KIA 2 October 1944 Bowker, Harlow W "Bud" 7 DFC KIA 2 JULY 1944 Boyle, John Greer "Beryl" 7 Battle of Britain, KIA 28 September 1940 Boyle, John Joseph 6 DFC Brannagan, Thomas A "Tommy" 7 DFC Breithaupt, William Ranson 5 DFC KIA 12 September 1944 Britten, Ralph Isaac Edward 5 DFC Brown, Mark Henry "Hilly" 19 DFC*, MC (Czech) Battle of Britain, KIA November 1941 (Sicily) Buckham, Robert Andrew 7 DFC*, DFC (US)
C Name Kills Awards Notes Caine, John Todd 6 DFC** Cameron, Gregory Donald Angus Tunnicliffe 5 DFC Cameron, Lorne Maxwell 6 Chadburn, Lloyd Vernon "Chad" 8 DSO*, DFC, LdH, CdG KIA 13 June 1944 (Collision) Charles, Edward Francis John "Jack" 16 DSO, DFC* Battle of Britainhttp://acesofww2.com/can/aces/charles.htm E. F. "Jack" Charles Charron, Philip Marcel 7 KIA 19 November 1944 Chisholm, William Lawrence "Red" 8 DFC* Christie, George Paterson 7 DFC* KIA 6 July 1942 Cleveland, Howard Douglas 5 DFC Cochran, Homer Powell 9 DFC Cochrane, Arthur Charles "Cocky" 6 DFC Battle of Britain, MIA 31 March 1943 Connel, William Charles "Bud" 5 DFC Conrad, Walter Allan Grenfell 8 DFC* Cotterill, Stanley Herbert Ross 8 DFC KIFA 18 October 1944 Crawford, Harvey Alexander 5 DFC
D Name Kills Awards Notes Dack, David Blake 3+2 on ground Davidson, Robert Tremagne Pillsbury 6 DFC Day, Robert William Rouviere 6 Dodd, Wilbert George 8 DFC Dover, Dean Hugh 5 DFC* Dowding, Harry James 8 DFC* Downer, William Watson 5 DFC KIA 16 April 1944 Draper, John William Petterson 5 DFC Durno, Leslie Duncan 5 MiD* FAA, KIA 29 January 1945
E Name Kills Awards Notes Edinger, Charles Emanuel 6+1 Damaged DFC Edwards, Harry Davies 5 Battle of Britain, KIA 11 September 1940 Edwards, James Francis "Stocky" 18 DFC*, DFM CM, CD Engbrecht, Peter 6 CGM Gunner Evans, Colin John 9 Everard, Hedley Joseph "Snooks" 6 DFC
F Name Kills Awards Notes Fenwick, Harry Elmore 6 DFC KIA 21 June 1944 Ford, Leslie Sydney 6 DFC* KIA 4 June 1943 Forsyth, David Esplin 8 Fowlow, Norman Ralph 5 NewfoundlandFumerton, Robert Carl "Moose" 14 DFC*, AFC Battle of Britain
G Name Kills Awards Notes Gaunce, Lionel Manley "Elmer" 6 DFC Battle of Britain, MIA 19 November 1941 Gauthier, Cleo 5 Godefroy, Hugh Constant ("Huey") 7 + 3 probable DSO, DFC, CdG Dutch national.Canada Veterans Hall of Valour, Hugh Constant Godefroy, Visited February 19, 2017TracesOfWar.com, Godefroy, Hugh Constant (Servicenr: J.3701, RCAF), Visited February 19, 2017Hugh Godefroy, Lucky thirteen (memoirs, 1983) Gordon, Donald Campbell "Chunky" 11 DFC* Gordon, Malcom James "Mac" 8 DFC Gosling, Leslie Cyril "Goose" 10 DFC KIA 19 July 1943 Graham, Malcolm Grant "Mac" 5 DFC* Grassick, Robert Davidson 8
H Name Kills Awards Notes Hall, Douglas Irving "Sammy" 7 DFC* Harling, David William Armstrong 5 Harten John Wilbert Edmund 5 KIA 19 April 1945 Hayward Robert Kitchener 6 DSO, DFC Hill, George Urquhart 18 DFC** Hoare, Thomas Harvey "Tom" 5 DFC Horricks, Garth Edwards 9 DFM KIFA 1 July 1951 Houle, Albert Ulrich 13 DFC*, CD Hughes, John Charles 5 Husband, Douglas Franklin 6 DFC
I Name Kills Awards Notes Ingalls, Bruce Johnstone 8 DFC KIA 16 June 1944
J Name Kills Awards Notes Jamieson, David Robert Charles 8 Jasper, Clarence Murl 4+3 V-1s DFC Johnson, George William 8 DFC*, CD Johnson, James Robert Feir 5 Johnson, P G 5+2 dam+1 prob DFC Jones, Frank Everett 4+2 sh+3 dam DFC Jowsey, Milton Eardley 5+1 prob+3 dam DFC
K Name Kills Awards Notes Keefer, George Clinton 12 DSO*, DFC, CdG, NFC Keith, George Noel 9 DFC KIA 4 August 1943 Kennedy, Irving Farmer "Hap" 15 DFC* Kent, John Alexander "Johnnie" 12 DFC*, AFC, VM Battle of Britain Kerr, James Bernard 5 MIA 17 July 1944 Kimball, Donald Harold 6 DFC Kipp, Robert Allan 11 DSO, DFC KIFA 25 July 1949 Kirkwood, Walter Gordon 5 DFC Klersy, William Thomas "Bill" 15 DSO, DFC* +2 on ground. KIFA 22 May 1945
L Name Kills Awards Notes Lake, Ronald George 5 Lapp, Esli Gordon 6 DFC Larichelière, Joseph Emil Paul 6 Battle of Britain, MIA 16 August 1940 Latta, John Blandford 8 DFC Battle of Britain, KIA 12 January 1941 Laubman, Donald Currie "Don" 16 AOE, DFC*, CD POW 1945 Lawrence, Arthur George 5 Leggat, P S 1 + 9 V-1s DFC, DFC (US) Lindsay, James Douglas "Doug" 7 DFC, DFC (US), CD Linton, Karl Raymond "Lucky" 5 DFC
M Name Kills Awards Notes MacDonald, Harry Deane 9 DFC* KIA 30 November 1943 McElroy, John Frederick 13 MacFadyen, Donald Aikins 7 DSO, DFC* McGregor, Gordon Roy 5 DFC CdG Battle of Britain MacKay, John Mahachak 12 MacKenzie, Andrew Robert 9 POW Mackie, John Felton 7 KIA 15 April 1941 McKnight, William Lidstone "Willie" 19 DFC* Battle of Britain, MIA 12 January 1941 MacLennan, Ian Roy 7 McLeod, Henry Wallace "Wally" 21 KIA 27 September 1944 McNab, Ernest Archibald 5 OBE, DFC, CD Battle of Britain McNair, Robert Wendell "Buck" 16 DSO, DFC**, LoH, CdG McPhie, R A 8 Magwood, Charles McLaughlin 6 Main, Basil William "Rocky" 5 KIA 4 February 1942 Martyn, William Haig 5 FAA May, N S 5 Mitchell, Harry Thorpe 7 DFC Battle of Britain Mitchner, John Davidson 11 DFC* Moffett, H Bruce 8 Morrison. Donald Robert 7 POW 1942 Mott, Guy Elwood 6 Murray, Frederick Thomas 5 POW 1945
N Name Kills Awards Notes Neil, John William 5 DFC POW 23 Aug 1944 Nelson, William Henry 5 DFC Battle of Britain, MIA 1 November 1940 Ness, David Edward 11 DFC Noonan, Daniel Edward 7 DFC Northcott, Geoffrey Wilson "Jeff" 9 DSO, DFC*
O Name Kills Awards Notes Ockenden, Gordon 5 Ogilvie, Alfred Keith "Skeets" 6 DFC Battle of Britain, Later bailed out and taken POW 9 January 1941
P Name Kills Awards Notes Patterson, Thomas Lawrence 8 KIA 25 April 1941 Pepper, George 6 DFC* KIFA 17 November 1942 Phipps, Rodney Thirsk 6 DFC
R Name Kills Awards Notes Raphael, Gordon Learmouth "Raffy" 9 DSO, DFC* KIA 10 April 1945 Rathwell, Donald Westley 5 Reeves, McKenzie 5 KIA 28 March 1945 Reid, Donald George "Shorty" 6 DFM KIA 22 July 1942 Reid, Wilmer Harry 5 DFC Robertson, Graham David 5 DFC Robillard, Joseph Guillaume Laurent "Larry" 7 DFM Russel, Blair Dalzell "Dal" 7 DSO, DFC*, CdG Battle of Britain
S Name Kills Awards Notes Sabourin, Joseph Jean Paul 7 DFC KIA 16 September 1942 (El Alamein) Sager, Arthur Hazelton 6 Sager, Henry (Hank) 2 Saphir, John 5 Schmidt, Dallas Wilbur 9 DFC* Schultz, Rayne Dennis "Joe" 8 Schwab, Lloyd Gilbert 6 KIA 15 February 1960 Sewell, William Richard Percival "Percy" 5 KIFA 20 October 1943 (Italy) Sheppard, Donald John 6 FAA Sheppard, Jackson Eddis 5 Smith, Albert Ivan 5 Smith, Forgrave Marshall "Hiram" 5 DFC Battle of Britain Smith, James Duncan "Smudger" 8 Battle of Britain, KIA 14 April 1941 (Libya) Smith, Roderick Illingworth Alpine 14 DFC* Smith, Robert Rutherford 8 DFC POW 10 Mar 1943 Battle of Britain Somerville, James Dean "Red" 7 DSO, DFC Stansfeld, Noel Karl 7 DFC*, Czech Medal for Bravery Battle of Britain Stowe, William North 5
T Name Kills Awards Notes Tamblyn, Hugh Norman 6 DFC Battle of Britain, KIA 3 April 1941 Trainor, Hugh Charles 9 DSO, DFC* POW 19 Sep 1944 Troke, Gordon William 8 DFC POW 1944 Turnbull, John Howard 13 DFC* Turner, Percival Stanley "Stan" 14 DSO, DFC* Battle of Britain
U Name Kills Awards Notes Upton, Hamilton Charles "Derck" 11 DFC Battle of Britain Urwin-Mann, John Ronald "Jack" 10 DSO, DFC* Battle of Britain
W Name Kills Awards Notes Walker, James Arthur "Johnnie" 7 DFC Battle of Britain, KIA 8 February 1944 (Singapore) Walker, James Elmslie "Jimmy" 10 DFC** KIFA 25 April 1944 Whalen, James Henry "Jimmy" 6 DFC KIA 18 April 1944 Williams, Alvin Thomas 6 KIA 8 June 1940 Williams, David John "Blackie" 6 DSO, DFC Williams, John William "Willie" 9 DFC KIFA 30 October 1943 Wilson, Frederick Albert William Johnson 9 Wonnacott, Gordon 6 DFC* Woods, Eric Norman "Timber" 13 DFC* KIA 16 December 1943 Woodward, Vernon Crompton "Woody" 22 DFC* -
Z Name Kills Awards NotesZary, Henry Paul Michael "Hank" 5 + 2 damaged on ground DFC
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Abbreviations "KIA" in Notes means Killed in action (dates are included where possible). "KIFA" in Notes means Killed in Flying Accident. "MIA" in Notes means Missing in action. "WIA" in Notes means Wounded in action leading to death which, in some cases, may have occurred months later. "POW" in Notes means Prisoner of War. "FAA" in Notes denotes that the person served with the Fleet Air Arm, rather than with the Royal Air Force. "Battle of Britain" in Notes denotes that the person flew during the Battle of Britain and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-1945 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940. See List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain
Awards Award Title Notes AE Air Efficiency Award Awarded for ten years' efficient service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force AFC Air Force Cross Awarded for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". CDeG Croix de Guerre A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium. DFC Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy". DFC* Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award. DFC** Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC and Bar who received a third award. DFM Distinguished Flying Medal Awarded to military below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy". DSO Distinguished Service Order Awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. DSO* Distinguished Service Order and Bar A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO who received a second award. MC Military Cross Awarded for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank". MiD Mentioned in Despatches Awarded for gallantry or otherwise commendable service. VC Victoria Cross Highest British military decoration, awarded for valour in the face of the enemy. VM Virtuti Militari Highest Polish military award for courage in the face of the enemy
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References
External links Canadian Aces of WW2 RCAF Personnel Records 1939-45 RCAF: Canadians in Allied Flying Services