- Most Honorable Mentions -
Other Canadian Fighter Pilots of WW2

Anthem

"Jimmy" "Cocky"

* Arthur Charles Cochrane

(KIA 31mar43)

4.75 / 1 / 3

"Art"

Arthus Hazelton Sager

(+ 0 / 0 / 1 OTG)

4.75 / 0 / 6.5

Percy

(KiFA 20oct43)

"Lucky"

(+ 0 / 0 / 1.3 OTG)

4.5 / 0 / 1

"Mac"

"Jonah" Dave

* David William Armstrong Harling

(KIA 1jan45) UKadian)

4.5 / 0 / 1

"Judy"

(POW)

4.5 / 0 / 0

"Ocky" "Gordy" "Gord"

4.5 / 0 / 0  *

(KIA 16may40 )

4.5 - 3.5

"Ernie" "PeeWee"

4.33 / 1 / 3

"Bill"

John William Patterson Draper

(+ 6 V-1's)

4.25 / 2 / 1

"Les"

(KIA 25mar45, Canerican)

"Jerry"

* Jerrold Alpine Smith

(KIA 10aug42)

4.2 - 3.2 / 1.5 / 4

"Gary"

John Garn Wright

(officially 3.08 / 2 / 1 )

4.08 / 1 / 1

"Bill"

William Alfred Olmsted

4 / 3 / 3

"Bill"

William Richard Tew

"Bunny"

* Lewin Henry Curphey

(KIA 13jan43)

4 / 1 / 2

"Bud"

* Harlow Wilbur Bowker

(KIA 2jul44)

4 / 1 / 1       (+ 1 / 0 / 0 OTG)

"Duke" "Sandy" "Al"

Alexander Foch Halcrow

"Charlie"

Charles William Fox

(shot up Rommel)

4 / 0 / 5  *

"Red"

John Philip Wiseman Francis

(+ 2 / 0 / 0  OTG)

4 / 0 / 3

"Dick"

Richard Henry Cull

"Red"

* Stanley Malcolm McClarty

(KIA 3may1945
    last of 441 sq to die in WW2)
4 / 0 / 3

"Stan"

* Stanley Herbert Ross Cotterill

(+ 4 V-1s, KIA 18oct44)

4 / 0 / 1

"Tommy"

Thomas Anthony Brannagan 

(Scotladian, POW 15aug44,
         + 2 / 0 / 0  OTG)
4 / 0 / 1  *

"Phil"

Phillipe Elwyn Etienne  

(+ 1 / 0 / 0 OTG)

4 / 0 / 1 

"Bill"

Robert Bruce Barker

"Mac"

* Mackenzie Reeves

(KIA 28mar45)

4 / 0 / 1

"Peg"

Warren Brock Peglar

(+ 1 / 3 / 0  OTG)

4 / 0 / 0

Walter Gordon Kirkwood

(+ 1 / 0 / 0  OTG)

4 / 0 / 0

"Ben"

Benjamin Erwin Plumer

(+ 1 / 0 / 0  OTG)

4 / 0 / 0

"Nick"

*Arthur Reginald Carter

(KiFA 9aug44)

4 / 0 / 0

"Norm"

* Norman Ralph Fowlow

(KIA 19may44)

4

(KIA 5nov40)

4

"Don"

Donald Murdo MacKenzie

(KiFA 21/22dec42)

4

"Bill"

Wilmer Harry Reid

Stan

* Stanley Anton Wells

(KIA 27sep41 by Karl Redlich)

4   *

"Pat""Rud"

George Rudolph Patterson

( POW 26sep44)

4 - 3

"Jerry"

Gerald Geoffrey Racine

(+ 3 / 0 / 0  OTG)

4 - 1 / 0 / 0

Warren

Clinton Warren Chown

(+ 1 / 0 / 1 OTG)

4 - 1 / 0 / 0

Dean Hugh Dover

(Americanadian)

3.75 / 0 /2

"Duke"

Charles Ian Rose Arthur

"Bill"

William North Stowe

"Jimmy" "Johnny"

James Robert Feir Johnson

(+ 2 dam OTW)

3.5 / 1.5 / 0

(Died 8jun40 on HMS Glorious)

3.5 / 1.5 / 0

"Eep"

Edward Poyntz Wood

"Ozzie"

Oscar Mahaffy Linton

"Hart"

Hartland Ross Finley

(+ 1 / 0 / 3 OTG)

3.5 / 0 / 1

"Jim"

James Edwin Collier

(1 kill credited as a probable)

3.5 / 0 / 1

"Bill"

William James Myers

"Eddie"

* Edwin Herbert Glazebrook

(KiFA 31oct42, Beurling survived)

3.5 - 3 / 1 / 6.5

"Max"

John Maxwell Portz

"Jim"

* James Bernard Kerr

(+ 1 V-1, KIA 18jul44,
    + 1.5 / 0 / 3 OTG)
3.33 / 0 / 0

"Jimmy"

* James Feldon Lambert

"Cap"

Livingston Foster

"Gord"

Gordon Henry Taylor Farquharson

(Survived same crash as Beurling
    that killed Eddie Glazebrook)
3.2 / 2.25 / 3.5

"Rocky"

Basil William Main

(+ 1 destroyed On The Water)

3 / 2.5 / 2

"Bud"

Edgar Andrew Ker

"Dick"

* Raymond Grant Lewis

(KIA 5feb41)

3 / 2 / 0

"Hodgy"

Rooney Alexander Hodgins

(POW 16nov44)

3 / 1 / 1

(KiFA 10jan42)

3 / 1 / 0

"Father" Deane

Arthur Deane Nesbitt

"Ken"

Kenneth Arthur Boomer

(the only Canadian with
     a "home-court" kill)
3 / 0 / 4 - 1

"Jackie" "Young Boomer"

John Arthur Rae

"Don"

Donald Francis Church

"Freddy"

Frederick Ernest Green

(Americanadian)

3 / 0 / 2

"Sandy"

Robert Cowan McRoberts

"Bill"

William Sawers

(all on 24dec44)

3 / 0 / 2

"Dinny"

Walter Gilbert Dinsdale

(got 1st Mistel, (an Me109/Ju88)

3 / 0 / 1

"Don"

Dougald John MacDonald

(+ 1 V-1,
    + 5 / 2 / 0  OTG)
3 / 0 / 0  

(+ 1 / 0 / 0  OTG)

3 / 0 / 0

"Steve"

Stephen Butte

"Art"

Arthur Campell Coles

Hugh

Alexander Hugh Fraser

"Irish"

Elgin Gerald Ireland

(KiFA 16jul42)

3 / 0 / 0

"Rosy"

* Arnold Walter Roseland

(KIA 13july44)

3 / 0 / 0

"Lyle"

* Clarence Lyell Shaver

(KIA 2mar45)

3 / 0 / 0

(KIA 17aug43)

3 / 0 / 0

"Dad"

Richard Martin Stayner

"Curly"

Donald Melvin Walz

"Ronnie"

Clarence Ronald John Emberg

"Duff"

* Warren Alvin Duffy

(KiFA 7aug44)

3 - 2 / 0 / 0

"Len"

Leonard Elmer Fitchett

( + 1 Sea Fury in Middle East -
  buried next to Screwball in Israel)
3 - 2 / 0 / 0   (Killed 20oct48)

"Dagwood"

Robert Dulmage Phillip

"Bob"

Robert George Middlemiss

"Bud"

William Charles Connell

Harvey Alexander Crawford

2.5 / 1 / 2

(KiFA 21may41)

2.5 / 0 / 4

(0 / 0 / 2  OTG)

2.5 / 0 / 3

"Lefty"

William John Steele

"Gary"

* Joseph Garrett Doyle

(KIA 24feb45)

2.5 / 0 / 0

"Vic"

Victor Smith

"Ormy"

Ian Campbell Ormston

"Kenney"

Kenneth Aubyn Lawrence

"Bev"

Beverly Evans Christmas

(ret 1973 - last BoB vet in RCAF)

2.33 / 0 / 2

"Duke 1"

Bruce Warren

(Doug's twin brother)

2.25 / 0 / 1

"Pug"

Paul Delorme

"Tommy"

Thurne Parks

(+ 1 V-1)

2 / 1 / 3

(KIA 13apr43)

2 / 1 / 0

"Bitsy"

Duncan Marshall Grant

"Pat"

John Norman Paterson

"Big Joe"

Joseph Michael Smith Crichton

"Junior"

* Vincent Kenneth Moody

(Americanadian, KIA 12jun44)

2 / 0.5 / 4

"Bill"

William Arnold Prest

Neil

* Norman Neil Campbell

(KIA 17oct40)

2 / 0 / 2

Ross Garstang Gray

(+ 1 or 2 V-1s,
+ 8 / 0 / 11  OTG)
2 / 0 / 1

(+ 2 / 0 / 0 OTG)

2 / 0 / 1

"Cordite" "Fred"

Frederick Frank Lambert

(+ 1 / 0 / 1 OTG)

2 / 0 / 1

"Bart" "Black Bart" "Len"

Leonard Lawrence Bartley

(KIA 17aug44)

2 / 0 / 1

"Cam"

Cameron Benjamin Everett

"Windy"

Joseph Wendell Reid

"Ernie"

Ernest George Shea

"Topsy"

David Lloyd George Turvey

"Ken"

Richard Kenneth Trumley

(+ 3 V-1's,
    + 3 / 0 / 3  OTG)
2 / 0 / 0

David Blake Dack

(+ 3 / 0 / 0  OTG)

2 / 0 / 0

(+ 0 / 0 / 6 OTG)

2 / 0 / 0

"Tom"

Thomas Harvey Hoare

(+ 3 V-1's)

2 / 0 / 0

"Shorty"

Clifford Arthur Stevenson Anderson

"Ernie"

Ernest Corday Baker

Reg

Reginald Sidney Gray

"Len"

Leonard Joseph Kearney

"Odey"

Oscar Harcourt Levere

"Hal"

Harold Stanley Lisson

"Don"

Donald Charles Stirling Macdonald

"Mac"

William Robertson McRae

Fred

* Frederick Wallace Mossing

(KiFA 12may45)

2 / 0 / 0

(sic = Thundergast, Thundergrast)

James Bernard Prendergast

"Pip"

Lloyd Woodrow Powell

"Arty"

Arthur Stuart Ross

Don

Donald Allan Blake Smiley

"Tom"

Thomas William Watson

"Hal"

* Harold Freeman

"Trapper"

Robert Douglas Bowen

"Bill"

William Ronald Chowen

"Webb"

John Wilbert Edmund Harten

"Scotty"

George Bremner Murray

"Pete"

* Otto John Peterson

(KIA 27sep40)

1.5 / 1 / 3

(KIA 28aug42)

1.5 / 1 / 1.5

"Chuck"

* Charles B. Ramsay

(KIA  11jul42)

1.5 / 1 / 1

Malcom

John Malcom Robb

"Kelly"

Roy Henry Walker

"Dick"

Richard Attwill Ellis

Colin John Evans

(+ 7.5 V-1's)

1.5 / 0 / 1

"Smokey"

Charles Herbert Stover

"Jeep"

Eugene Lawrence Neal

             (Americanadian)

1.5  (+ ?)

Mike

Michael Francis Doyle

"Freddy"

Frederick William Evans

"Jake"

John Wallis Fleming

1.5 / 0 / 0

"Lou"

Lloyd Alfred John Plummer

"Syd"

Sydney Simon Shulemson

"Bill"

William Eber Stewart

(Americanadian)

1.5 / 0 / 0

"Snake" "Rick"

Gordon George Rattle

"Duke 2"

Douglas Warren

(the other "Duke" Warren)

1.25 / 0 / 1

"Bud"

Dennis Graland Malloy

"Ed"

Edwin A. Harper

(Black Sheep)

1 / 3 / 0

"Junior""Crisy"

Eric Ambrose Crist

"Tiger" "Johnny"

Frederick John Sherlock

(Americanadian)

1 / 1 / 1

(+ 1 V-1)

1 / 1 / 0

"Bub"

Harlan Perry Fuller

(+ 2 OTG or OTW)

1 / 0.5 / 3

"Norm"

Norman Hobson Bretz

"Al"

Alvin Ernest Harley

"Jimmy"

James Dickie Hall

"Bill"

William Roland Weeks

"Sandy"

Alexander George Borland

"Cut"

Robert James Cutting

"Art"

Arthur Henry Deacon

"Rolly" "Dib" "Rip"

Roland Harold Dibnah

- possibly 9 claims total

1 / 0 / 1

"Bob"

* Robert Lesley Edwards

(KIA 26aug40 -
      1st RCAF to die in ww2)
1 / 0 / 1   (maybe)

"Peter 'Pete' Logan"

Joseph Pierre Auguste Lecoq

"Bill"

William N. Stronach

"Ken"

Kenneth Stephen Sleep

David Esplin Forsyth

(+ 4 V-1's)   Americanadian)

1 / 0 / 0  (+ 3 OTG)

"Andy"

Leonard John Anderson

"Dickie"

*Albert R. Ball

(WIA 13 may40, DOW 6july40)

1 / 0 / 0

"Jerry"

Gerald Daniel Billing

"Bish" "Art"

Arthur Christian William Avery Bishop

* Digby Rex Bell Cosh

(KiFA 24jun44)

1 / 0 / 0

"Don"

Donald Charles Dougall

"Gil"

Donald Archibald Gillis

(RCAF's 1st Victory of WW2
         - 25 May 1940 )
1 / 0 / 0

(KIA 3nov43)

1 / 0 / 0

(441 sq.)

1 / 0 / 0

"Legs"

J. H. Gilbert Leguerrier

"Butch"

John Ashe Lowndes

"Jack"

John Peppiatt Lumsden

"Blackie"

Brian MacConnell

"Black"

Basil B. Mossing

"Buzz"

Noel John Ogilvie

Barry

William Barry Needham

"Von" "Bon"

Vaughan Bowerman Corbett

(KIA 3sep40)

0.5 / 0 / 0

"Larry"

Lawrence Esmond Spurr

(+ 1 MiG in Korea)

0.5 / 0 / 0.5

"Rocky"

Roger J. Robillard

"Big Bill"

William Harry Pentland

"Bob"

Robert Ellis Evan Morrow

"Vince"

Warren Vincent Shenk

Stuart Newton May

(+ 6 - 5  V-1's  (418 Sq.)

0 / 0 / 0

Peter Stratharn Leggat

(+ 5 V-1's)

0 / 0 / 0

"Ernie"

Ernest Arthur Glover

(3 / 0 / 2 in Korea)

0 / 0 / 0

(DSO, DFC, CdG, FC)

0 / 0 / 1

"Slim"

William Stuart Harvey

(0.5 V-1s)

0 / 0 / 0

"Corby"

Stuart Allan Corbett

"Des"

Thomas Desmond Elder

"Bitsy"

Frank Edward Grant

?

"Hammy"    Last Canadian to die in WW2 ?

* Robert Hampton Gray

.       He was KIA 9aug45
       after sinking Amakusa
(VC, DSC, MiD)

"Friendly Ordinance" (Beer Run to Normandy) by Ronald Wong

Factory Fresh Spitfire Mk IXe's make their way to the forward airfields of Normandy carrying kegs of beer. The English brewery of Heneger and Constable donated fresh beer for the troops fighting in Normandy, and someone came up with the idea of strapping the beer kegs to the underwings of the Spitfires that were being shipped to the forward airfields. The troops loved the freshly delivered, cold beer, but as with all good things, the British Ministry of Revenue and Excise stepped in and notified the brewery that it was in violation of the law by exporting beer without paying the taxes on it. And that was the end of that.
Read a short, first-hand account by Lloyd Berryman about the first beer run Johnnie Johnson's Canadian Wing ever did by clicking here. Lloyd does not remember the name of the 3rd pilot but says Murray Havers was in on the show.

"Tex"

Robert Monroe Davenport

(Russellville, Arkansas)

4.2 / 0 / 1   (+ 60 MVs)

Bill

William D. Heier

(All with the Black Sheep)

4 / 3 / 0

(Shropshire, UK, KIA 14apr42)

4 / 2 / 0

"Sandy"

Oliver Charles Kallio

(Michigan)

4 / 1 / 4

"Danny"

John Danforth Browne

(New Jersey)

4 / 0 / 2 

(MIA 20/21apr44,
  score may be higher)
4 / 0 / 1

"Zulu" "Zuba"

Douglas Griffith Morris

(South Africanadian)

4 / 0 / 1   *

"Frosty"

Forrest Bee Young

(Ohio)

4 / 0 / 1

(Flint, Michigan)

4

"Dick"

Richard De Bourke

(Boston)

3 / 1 / 0

"Bernie"

Bernardo Noel De Larminat

(Argentinian,
   his score is unclear)
3 - 1 / 0 / 2 - 4   *

"Art"

Arthur Ford Roscoe

(+1/2 escorted & captured)

2.5 / 4 / 2

(Jamaica or BWI)

2 / 1 / 0

"Tommy"

Lloyd Duncan Thomas

(Detroit)

2  (+ "many" OTG) *

"Dirty Joe"

John Durrell McFarlane

(Calais, Maine)

1.5 / 0 / 1   (+ 2 OTG)

"Lefty"

George Whitman

(Pennsylvania,
    + 14 V-1's)
1 

"Da Pyster"

Edward de Pyster Brown

(Coronado, California)

1

"Smitty"

Randolph Charles Carlyle Smith       

(Detroit)

1

"Sid"

Sidney Platt Seid

(California)
   + 4 V-1's)
0   (7 / 0 / 7  OTG)

(Emigrated to Canada after the war,
      + 8.5 V-1's)
0 / 0 / 0 

(KiFA 11dec41,
    wrote "High Flight"
0

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