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Unnamed Canadian Fighter Pilot

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"Screwball" "Buzz"

George Frederick Beurling

the "Falcon of Malta"

30.33 or 29.33 /1 or 2 / 9

"Wally"

* Henry Wallace McLeod

(KIA 27sep44)

21 / 4 / 10

"Woody"

Vernon Crompton Woodward

(+ 2 OTG)

18.83 / 5 / 11 (debatable)

"Willie"

* William Lidstone McKnight

(KIA 12jan41)
  Canada's 2nd Ace of WW2)
16.5 / 0 / 1

"Hilly"

* Mark Henry Brown

(KIA 12nov41,
  Canada's 1st Ace of WW2)
16.45 / 1 / 2   (debatable)

"Eddie" "Stocky" "Jimmy"

James Francis Edwards

(+ 12 OTG / 2 dam)

16.1 / 8.5 / 16  (debatable)

"Buck" "The Chief"

Robert Wendell McNair

16 / 5 / 11  *

"Jack" "Johnny"

Edward Francis John Charles

(UKanadian, D 5nov1986)

15.5 / 6.5 / 5

"Don"

Donald Currie Laubman

(POW 14apr45)

15 / 0 / 3

"Bob"

Robert Allen Kipp

( KiFA 25 July 1949 )
          (+ 2 OTG & 3 dam)
14.5 / .5 / 7

"Bill" "Gristle" "Grizzle"

* William Thomas Klersy

(+ 2 OTG, KIFA 22may45,
         22 year old S/L)
14.5 / 0 / 3.08

"Max" (Aitkin)

John William Maxwell Aitken

(son of Lord Beaverbrook)

14.2

"Moose"

Robert Carl Fumerton

14 / 0 / 1

George Urquhart Hill

(POW 25apr44)

14 - 12 / 3 / 9

"Foob" "the Terror of Rheine"

David Charles Fairbanks

(+ 2 / 0 / 1 OTG, + 1 V-1,
          POW 28feb45)
13.5 - 12.5 / 0 / 3   *

"Butch"

Robert Alexander Barton

13.5 - 11.5 / 4.5 / 9

"Stan" "Bull"

Percival Stanley Turner

(UKanadian,
  3 kills unconfirmed)
13.33 - 9.33 / 3 - 1 / 8   *

"Rod"

Roderick Illingworth Alpine Smith

13.2 / 0.5 / 1

"Johnny Kentowski" "Alex"

John Alexander Kent

(+ 1 / 0 / 0 OTG)

13 / 2 / 2

"Keefe"

George Clinton Keefer

(+ 5 OTG)  Americanadian
           N.Y. &  P.E.I.)
13 - 12 / 2 / 9

"Johnny" "Jack"

John Howard Turnbull

12.5 / 0 / 0

"Bert" "Shorty"

Albert Ulrich Houle

12.5 - 11.5 / 1 / 7

"Hap"

Irving Farmer Kennedy

12.08 / 1 / 0   *

"Chunky" "Don" "The Chunk"

Donald Campbell Gordon

(+ 5 / 0 / 3 OTG)

12 - 10 / 4 / 5

"Timber"

* Eric Norman Woods

(+1 / 0 / 0 OTG, MIA 16dec43)

11.66 / 4 / 9.5

"Mac" "Johnny"

John Frederick McElroy

(+ 3 in the Middle East) *

11.5 / 1.5 / 12

John MacKay

(+ 0 / 0 / 30 OTG,
             + 1 in Korea)
11.2 / 0 / 2.5

"Russ"

Russell Bannock

(+ 2 / 0 / 4 OTG,
            + 19.5 V-1s)
11   *

"Jack"

John Ronald Urwin-Mann

(2 kills unconfirmed, UKanadian)

10.66 - 8.66 / 2 / 3

"Mitch" "Jack"

John Davidson Mitchner

10.5 / 2 / 3

"Dick"

* Richard Joseph Audet

(+ 1 / 0 / 0 OTG, KIA 3mar45)
       (Ace in a Day, 29dec44)
10.5 / 0 / 1

Dallas Wilbur Schmidt

10.5 - 8.5 / 1 / 3.5 - 5.5

"Deryk"

Hamilton Charles Upton  

(UKanadian)

9.58 / 0 / 0   *

"Jimmy"

* James Elmslie Walker

(KIFA 25apr44)

9.5 / 4 / 13.5

"Goose" Cyril "Les"

* Leslie Cyril Gosling

(KIA 19jul43)

9.5 / 0 / 4

* John Blandford Latta

(KIA 12jan41)

9.33  (3 may be unconfirmed)

"Jimmy"

* James Hamilton Ballantyne

(KIA 8mar44)

9.25 / 5 / ?

"Wilf" John

Wilfred John Banks

9 / 3 / 1

Homer Powell Cochrane

(Cocky's brother)

9 / 2 / 1   *

"Jeff"

Geoffrey Wilson Northcott

9 / 1 / 8

"Butch" "Alan"

Frederick Alan Aikman

(Paddy Finucane's last #2

9 / 1 / 4

"PJ"

Perry John Dahl      (USAAC)

(Canerican)

9 / 0 / 1

"Don"

Donald Aikins MacFadyen

(+ 5 / 2 / 17 OTG,
      + 5 V-1's)
9 / 0 / 0

"Willie the Kid"

* John William Williams

(KIFA 31oct42, Beurling survived
           + 0 / 1 / 0 OTG)
9 - 6 / 1 / 8 - 11

* George Noel Keith

(KIA 4aug43)

8.5 / 2 / 2

"Charlie"

Hugh Charles Trainor

(POW 19sep44)

8.5 / 1 / 0

"Doug" "JD"

James Douglas Lindsay

(+ 2 / 0 / 3 in Korea)

8.5 / 0 / 5

"Fred"

Frederick Albert William Johnson Wilson

(+ 4 / 0 / 0  OTG)

8.5 - 6 / 0 / 0

"Andy"

Andrew Robert MacKenzie

8.25 / 0 / 1   *    *

"Red"

William Lawrence Chisholm

8 / 4 / 4

Garth Edwards Horricks

8 / 1 / 6

"Johnny"

George William Johnson

8 / 0 / 4

"Jamie"

David Robert Charles Jamieson

8 / 0 / 1

"Joe" Dennis

Rayne Dennis Schultz

8 / 0 / 0

* Bruce Johnston Ingalls

(KIA 16jun44)

8 - 7.5 / 0 / 2

"Tom"

* Thomas Lawrence Patterson

(MIA 25apr41)

8 - 7 / 1 / 1

"Stan"

Noel Karl Stansfeld

8 - 7 / 0 / 0

"Bob" "Jumbo" "Slim"

Robert Davidson Grassick

7.5 / 3 / 2

"Bob"

Robert Rutherford Smith

(POW 10mar43)

7.5 / 2 / 2

"Dean"

* Harry Deane MacDonald

(KIA 30nov43,
  1 kill credited to Sqn.)
7.5 - 6.5 / 1 / 5

"Smudger"

* James Duncan Smith

(KIA 14apr41)

7.33 / 1 / 2

"Cowboy"

* Howard Peter Blatchford

(KIA 3may43.
  got 1st Can. victory of WW2)
7.33 - 7.08 / 1 / 4.5

"Raffy"

* Gordon Learmouth Raphael

(+ 2 V-1's) KIA 10apr45)

7 / 1 / 1

"Al" "Harry" "Archie"

Archibald Allan Harrington

(Atlantic City & Ottawa, Ont.
           Americanadian)
7 / 0 / 1

Ian Roy MacLennan

(POW 7jun44)

7 / 0 / 8

"Huey"

Hugh Constant Godefroy

(born in Java)

7 / 0 / 3   *

* Philip Marcel Charron

(KIA 19nov44)

7 / 0 / 2

"Sammy" "Dougall"

Douglas Irving Hall 

7 / 0 / 2

"Larry"

Joseph Guillaume Laurent Robillard

7 / 0 / 1

"Red"

James Dean Somerville

7 / 0 / 1

* John Fylton Mackie

(KIA 15apr41)

7 / 0 / 0

Wilbert George Dodd

( may be 4 probs & 5 dams)

7 - 6.57 / 3 / 4

"Chad" "the Angel"

* Lloyd Vernon Chadburn

(+ 1 E-boat) KIFA 13jun44)

6.58 / 5.3 / 7.33   *   *   *

"Ram" "Buck" "Bobby" "Bob"

Robert Andrew Buckham

6.5 / 0 / 3

"Mitch"

Harry Thorne Mitchell

6.5 / 0 / 1

* Joseph Jean Paul Sabourin

(KIA 16sep42)

6.5 / 0 / 2

"Wally"

Walter Allan Grenfell Conrad

6.5 - 5.5 / 3 / 11

Harry James Dowding

6.33 / 0 / 3

"Shorty"

* Donald George Reid

(KIA 22jul42)

6.33 - 5.33 / 3 / 4.5

"Gordy"

Gordon William Troke

6.25 / 0 / 1

* George Patterson Christie

(KiFA 5jul42)

6 / 3.5 / 1

"Bob"

Robert Tremagne Pillsbury Davidson

(2 each - Jap, German, Italian)

6 / 3 / 10

"Skeets" Keith

Alfred Keith Ogilvie

(POW 4jul41 - a lucky
  "Great Escape" survivor)
6 / 1 / 1

"Algy" (from LG)

Lloyd Gilbert Schwab

6 / 0 / 1   *

"Sid"

* Leslie Sydney Ford

(KIA 4jun43,
        + 1 Destroyer)
6 / 0 / 2.5

Rodney Thirsk Phipps

(+ 10 / 0 / 1 OTG)

6 / 0 / 2

"Cam"

Lorne Maxwell Cameron

(POW 3jul44, escaped)

6 / 0 / 2

"Tex"

* Donald Mathew Pieri

(Americanadian) POW 2may45
              Died 3may45)
6 / 0 / 2

"Don"

Donald Harold Kimball

6 / 0 / 1

"Jimmy"

* James Henry Whalen

(KIA 18apr44)

6 / 0 / 1   *

"Pop"

Charles Emanuel Edinger

(Americanadian)

6 / 0 / 1

* George Pepper

(KIFA 17nov42)

6 / 0 / 1

* Joseph Emil Paul Laricheliere

(KIA 16aug40)

6 / 0 / 0   (all on 14/15aug40)

"Jimmy" "Johnny"

* James Arthur Walker

(KIA 8feb44)

6 / 0 / 0

"Bill"

William Henry Isaac Atkinson   

(Hellcat pilot in the Pacific
    got last 3 FAA kills of WW2)
6.? - 3.33 / 2 / ?

Foss

Foss Henry Boulton

(POW 13may43)

6 - 5 / 4 / 3

"Jack"

John William Neil

(POW 23aug44)

6 - 5 / 2 - 3 / 6

"Beryl"

* John Greer Boyle

(KIA 28sep40)

5.58 / 0 / 0

"Elmer"

* Lionel Manley Gaunce

(KIA 19nov41)

5.5 / 3 / 6

(Air Gunner)

Peter Engbrecht 

(Ruskadian)

5.5 / 2 / 0   *   *

Hugh

* Hugh Norman Donald Tamblyn

(KIA 3apr41)

5.5 / 2 / 0

"Robbie"

Graham David Robertson

"De Bub"

Robert Kitchener Hayward

(DSO, DFC)

5.5 / .25 / 5.5

"Jack" "JJ"

John Joseph Boyle

(+ 2 / 0 / 0  OTG)

5.5 / 0 / 2

David Edward Ness

(+ 5 V-1's)

5.5 / 0 / 0

"Howie"

Howard Douglas Cleveland

(+ 6.5 / 0 / 0  OTG)

5.5 / 0 / 0

Guy Elwood Mott

5.5 / 0 / .33

"Blackie"

David John Williams

5.5 / 0 / 0

"Junior" "Babe"

* Harry Elmore Fenwick

(KIA 21jun44, by friendly fire)

5.5 - 4.5 / 2.5 / 7

"Dal"

Blair Dalzell Russel

5.5 - 4 / 2 / 3

"Don"

Donald Robert Morrison

(POW 8nov42)

5.33 / 4.5 / 5

"Hubby"

Douglas Franklin Husband

5.33 / 0 / 3

Joe

(UKanadian)

5.33 - 2.83 / 3 - 4 / 2

"Danny"

Daniel Edward Noonan

(Died 18jan2010)

5.25 / 0 / 0

"Snooks"

Hedley Joseph Everard

(POW 25dec44)

5.2 / 2 / 3

"Cam"

Gregory Donald Angus Tunnicliffe Cameron

5.2 / 1 / 3

"Gordie" "GR" "Roy" "Rod"

Gordon Roy McGregor

(the oldest Cdn pilot in the BoB)
  5th kill a prob confirmed in '77)
5 / 2 / 5

"Milt"

Milton Eardley Jowsey

(POW 22feb45)

5 / 1 / 3

"Freddy" "Tom"

Frederick Thomas Murray

(POW 22feb45)

5 / 1 / 2.5

George Leslie Sinclair

5 / 1 / 2

[aka Robert Malcolm Dunsford]

Albert Ivan Smith

5 / 0 / 4

"Chuck" "Maggie"

Charles McLaughlin Magwood

5 / 0 / 3.5

"Russ"

* Russell Reginald Bouskill

(KIA 2oct44)

5 / 0 / 3

"Bill"

* William Watson Downer

(KIFA 16apr44)

5 / 0 / 2

"Yank" "Bill"

* William Henry Nelson

(KIA 1nov40)

5 / 0 / 2

* Phillip Leslie Irving Archer

(KIA 17jun43, Barbadian)

5 / 0 / 1

"Mike"

* Michael William Hamilton Askey   

(KIA 28oct43)

5 / 0 / 1

Ralph Isaac Edward Britten

5 / 0 / 1

"Gord"

Esli Gordon Lapp

5 / 0 / 1

"Hiram"

Forgrave Marshall Smith

(+ 1 Balloon)

5 / 0 / 0

"Cobber" "Johnny"

John Todd Caine

( + 15 / 0 / 7 OTG )

5 / 0 / 0

"Bright-Eyes"

* William Ranson Breithaupt

(KIA 12sep44)

5 / 0 / 0

"Bob"

Robert William Rouviere Day

(Spitfires / Pacific theater)

5 / 0 / 0

"Mac"

Malcolm Grant Graham

5 / 0 / 0

"Art"

Arthur George Lawrence

5 / 0 / 0

"Don"

Donald John Sheppard

(Corsairs / Pacific theater)

5 / 0 / 0

"Jack"

Jackson Eddie Sheppard

5 / 0 / 0

"Trottle" Omer "Joe"

Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque

(POW 12feb42)
  1st Canadian to down a FW190)
4 / 0 / 0 (+1 / 0 / 0 in Korea) *

"Denny"

Clifford Denzel Woodrow Wilson

(+ 3 against REAF in 1948)

2 / .25 / 3

Black "Jack"

Joseph John Doyle

(+ 3 / 0 / 2 against REAF * )

2 / 0 / 0

"Canadian Wing" by Robert Taylor

June 6th 1944 - D-Day. From dusk til dawn Johnny Johnson leads his Canadian Wing on low-level sweeps over the Normandy beaches in Support of the Allied invasion forces. Their freshly painted Invasion stripes clearly setting them apart (not always effectively) from their German counterparts

"Johnny" (Johnnie)

James Edgar Johnson

(UK, + .5 / 0 / 0 OTG)

36.91 / 4 / 11.5   *   *

"Dougie"

Douglas Robert Stewart Bader  *

(UK, POW 9aug41,
   had artificial legs)
21.83 / 6.33 / 11  *   *

"Don"

Donald Nathan Aldrich

(Chicago)

20

"Bee"

Duane Willard Beeson

(RAF Eagle
      POW 5apr44)
19.33-17.33  (+5 OTG)  *

"Johnny"

John Trevor Godfrey

(+ 18 OTG, POW 24aug44,
            Americanadian)
18 / 0 / 0

"Kid"

* Ralph Kidd Hofer

(KIA 2jul44)

15   (+ 14 OTG)

"Goody"

James Alexander Goodson

(Eagle, POW 20jun44,
      Americanadian)
15 - 14  (+ 15 - 13 OTG)   *

"Don"

Donald James Mathew Blakeslee

(401 Sq., RAF Eagle & USAAF)

14.5

"Pete"

* Wilfrith Peter Green

(+ 13 V-1s, UK,
       KIFA 1mar45)
14   *

"Last-Trip"

Charles Curnow Scherf

(Australia,
  + 9 / 0 / 4  OTG or Water
14.5 / 0 / 0

"Stonewall"

Clyde Bennet East

"Weavy"
        Youngest Allied Ace WW2
* Claude Weaver III

(Oklahoma, POW 9sep42,
  (escaped - KIA 28jan44)
12.5 / 3 / 0

"Mike"

Thomas Paul Michael Cooper-Slipper

(Emigrated to Canada after the war)

12

"Cowboy"

Nicholas Megura

(Ansonia, Connecticut)

11.83   (+ 3.75 OTG)

"Red Dog"

Louis H. Norley

James Buckingham Dalglish

9 / 0 / 6.5

"WildMan""Maggie""Mad Man"
      cousin John wrote "High Flight"
Christopher Lyman Magee

(Black Sheep -
   flew for Isreal in 1948)
9    *

"Crash"

John Harvey Curry

(Dallas, Texas)

7.33 / 2 / 4

Reade Franklin Tilley

(Florida) RAF Eagle

7 / 3 / 6

"Hank"

Henry Paul Michael Zary

(New York,
   + 0 / 0 / 2  OTG)
6 - 5 / 0 /3   *   * 

"Tony"

* Roland Anthony Lee-Knight

(UK, MIA 27sep41, 403sq.)

5.5

"Polly"

John Layton Flinders

(Emigrated to Canada after the war)

5.33 / 0 / 0

"Ed"

Edward Lester Gimbel

(Chicago,  MIA 4mar43,
  evaded, POW 16apr45)
5 / 1.5 / 1

"Tex"

John Frederick Barrick

(Sweatwater, Texas,
       17 sq. Burma)
5 / 1 / 1

* Paul Gilbert Johnson

(Bethel, Connecticut,
        KIA 18jul44)
5 / 0 / 4

"Holly"

Hollis Harry Hills

(California, + 3 / 0 / 0 OTG)

5 / 0 / 1

"Joe"

Henry Erskine Bodien

(Emigrated to Canada after the war,
   became a Canadian citizen in '61)
5 / 0 / 1

Murl "Jas"

Clarence Murl Jasper

(+ 3 V-1s, Ottawa, Kansas)
   + 3 / 0 / 0 OTG)
5 / 0 / 0 

"Lou"

James Forrest Luma

(Helena, Montana,
     + 2 / 0 / 0 OTG)
5 / 0 / 0

"Vic"

Victor Nicholas Cabas

"Gord"

Gordon Wonnacott

5 - 4 / 0 / 0 - 1

"Mike"

Michael Thomas Judd

(C/O of 143 Wing May-Oct '44
   + 0 / 0 / 1 OTG)
5 - 4 / 0 /  3

"Whitey"

Harold Evans Dahl

(5+ ? during SCW)

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