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| [[Robert Carl Fumerton|Fumerton, Robert Carl "Moose"]] || 14 || DFC*, AFC || [[List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain|Battle of Britain]]<ref>http://www.bbm.org.uk/fumerton.htm</ref><ref>http://www.rcaf.com/archives/archives_general/aces/aces_ef.htm</ref>
| [[Robert Carl Fumerton|Fumerton, Robert Carl "Moose"]] || 14 || DFC*, AFC || [[List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain|Battle of Britain]]<ref>http://www.bbm.org.uk/fumerton.htm</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rcaf.com/archives/archives_general/aces/aces_ef.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20061022174037/http://www.rcaf.com/archives/archives_general/aces/aces_ef.htm |archivedate=2006-10-22 |df= }} </ref>
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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
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[ 1]
Boulton, Henry "Foss"
5
DFC
Bouskill, Russell Reginald
5
DFC
KIA 2 October 1944
Bowker, Harold W "Bud"
DFC
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)[ 1]
Buckham, Robert Andrew
7
DFC*, DFC (US)
C
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Caine, John Todd
6
DFC**
[ 2]
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)[ 3]
Charles, Edward Francis John "Jack"
16
DSO, DFC*
Battle of Britain [ 4]
Charron, Philip Marcel
7
KIA 19 November 1944[ 5]
Chisholm, William Lawrence "Red"
8
DFC*
Christie, George Paterson
7
DFC*
KIA 6 July 1942[ 6]
Cleveland, Howard Douglas
5
DFC
[ 7]
Cochran, Homer Powell
9
DFC
Cochrane, Arthur Charles "Cocky"
6
DFC
Battle of Britain , MIA 31 March 1943[ 4] [ 8]
Connel, William Charles "Bud"
5
DFC
Conrad, Walter Allan Grenfell
8
DFC*
[ 9]
Cotterill, Stanley Herbert Ross
8
DFC
KIFA 18 October 1944[ 10]
Crawford, Harvey Alexander
5
DFC
[ 11]
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[ 12]
Draper, John William Petterson
5
DFC
Durno, Leslie Duncan
5
MiD*
FAA, KIA 29 January 1945[ 13]
E
F
G
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Gaunce, Lionel Manley "Elmer"
6
DFC
Battle of Britain , MIA 19 November 1941[ 18]
Gauthier, Cleo
5
Godefroy Hugh Constant
7
DSO, DFC*
Gordon, Donald Campbell "Chunky"
11
DFC*
Gordon, Malcom James "Mac"
8
DFC
Gosling, Leslie Cyril "Goose"
10
KIA 19 July 1943
Graham, Malcolm Grant "Mac"
5
DFC*
Grassick, Robert Davidson
8
Gray, Ross Garstang
DFC*
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 "Bert"
13
DFC*, CD
Hughes, John Charles
5
Husband, Douglas Franklin
6
DFC
I
J
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 [ 19]
Kerr, James Bernard
5
MIA 17 July 1944
Kimball, Donald Harold
6
DFC
Kipp, Robert Allen
11
DSO, DFC
Kirkwood, Walter Gordon
5
DFC
Klersy William Thomas "Bill"
15
DSO, DFC*
L
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Lake, Ronald George
5
Lapp, Esli Gordon
6
DFC
Laricheliere, Joseph Emil Paul
6
DFC
Battle of Britain , MIA 16 August 1940
Latta, John Blandford
10
DFC
Battle of Britain , MIA 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
[ 20]
M
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
MacDonald, Harry Deane
9
DFC*
KIA 30 November 1943
McElroy, John Frederick
13
MacFayden, Donald Aikins
12
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[ 19]
Magwood, Charles McLaughlin
6
McLeod, Henry Wallace "Wally"
21
KIA 27 September 1944
MacLennan, Ian Roy
7
McNab, Ernest Archibald
5
OBE, DFC, CD
Battle of Britain ,[ 19]
McNair, Robert Wendell "Buck"
16
McPhie, R A
8
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 [ 19]
Mitchner, John Davidson "Mitch"
11
Moffett, H Bruce
8
Morrison. Donald Robert
7
POW 1942
Mott, Guy Elwood
6
Murray, Frederick Thomas
5
POW 1945
N
O
P
R
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Raphael, Gordon Learmouth "Raffy"
9
DSO, DFC*
KIA 10 April 1945[ 21]
Rathwell, Donald Westley
5
Reeves, McKenzie
5
KIA 28 March 1945[ 22]
Reid, Donald George "Shorty"
6
DFM
KIA 22 July 1942 [ 23] [ 24]
Reid, Wilmer Harry
5
DFC
Robertson, Graham David
5
DFC
Robillard, Joseph Guillaume Laurent "Larry"
7
DFM
[ 25]
Russel, Blair Dalzell "Dal"
7
DSO, DFC*, CdG
Battle of Britain [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
S
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Sabourin, Joseph Jean Paul
7
DFC
KIA 16 September 1942 (El Alamein)[ 30]
Sager, Arthur Hazelton
6
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)[ 31]
Sheppard, Donald John
6
FAA
Sheppard, Jackson Eddis
5
Sinclair, George Leslie
Smith, Albert Ivan
5
Smith, Forgrave Marshall "Hiram"
5
DFC
Battle of Britain [ 32]
Smith, James Duncan "Smudger"
8
Battle of Britain , KIA 14 April 1941 (Libya)[ 33]
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 [ 32]
Stowe, William North
5
T
U
W
Name
Kills
Awards
Notes
Walker, James Arthur "Johnnie"
7
DFC
Battle of Britain , KIA 8 February 1944 (Singapore)[ 35]
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*
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Z
Notes
Abbreviations
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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