List of Canadian flying aces explained

This is a list of Canadian flying aces.

World War I (1914–1918)

See main article: article and List of World War I aces from Canada. The following is a list of Canadians that achieved 5 or more victories during World War I. They achieved this while flying for the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service, or the Royal Air Force.

Name Victories Service
72 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
60 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
54 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
50 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
38 Royal Flying Corps
37 Royal Air Force
36 Royal Naval Air Service
35 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
33 Royal Flying Corps
31 Royal Flying Corps
29 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
28 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
27 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
27 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
27 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
26 Royal Air Force
25 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
24 Royal Air Force
23 Royal Air Force
Royal Naval Air Service
22 Royal Air Force
21 Royal Flying Corps
21 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
20 Royal Air Force
20 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
19 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
19 Royal Naval Air Service
George Chisholm MacKay18 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
17 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
17 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
17 Royal Air Force
17 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
16 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
16 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
15 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Flying Corps
15 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
14 Royal Flying Corps
14 Royal Flying Corps
14 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
14 Royal Air Force
14 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
14 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
13 Royal Naval Air Service
13 Royal Naval Air Service
13 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
13 Royal Air Force
13 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
13 Royal Naval Air Service
13 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
13 Royal Air Force
13 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
12 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
12 Royal Air Force
12 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
12 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
12 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
12 Royal Air Force
12 Royal Air Force
12 Royal Flying Corps
12 Royal Air Force
12 Royal Naval Air Service
12 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
12 Royal Flying Corps
12 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
11 Royal Naval Air Service
11 Royal Naval Air Service
11 Royal Flying Corps
11 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
11 Royal Air Force
11 Royal Air Force
11 Royal Air Force
11 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
11 Royal Air Force
11 Royal Air Force
10 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
10 Royal Naval Air Service
10 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
10 Royal Flying Corps
10 Royal Flying Corps
10 Royal Flying Corps
10 Royal Naval Air Service
10 Royal Flying Corps
10 Royal Flying Corps
10 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Air Force
George Clapham Dixon 9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Flying Corps
9 Royal Air Force
Anthony Spence 9 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Louis Mark Thompson 9 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
9 Royal Air Force
8 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
8 Royal Air Force
John Dartnell De Pencier 8 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
8 Royal Flying Corps
8 Royal Flying Corps
8 Royal Flying Corps
8 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
8 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
8 Royal Air Force
8 Royal Flying Corps
George Ivan Douglas Marks 8 Royal Flying Corps
Roderick McDonald 8 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
William Jackson Rutherford 8 Royal Flying Corps
8 Royal Naval Air Service
John Henry Smith 8 Royal Air Force
8 Royal Naval Air Service
8 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
8 Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
7 Royal Flying Corps
Lynn Campbell 7 Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Ernest Francis Hartley Davis 7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
7 Royal Air Force
Eric Charlton Gilroy 7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
7 Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
7 Royal Air Force
Archibald Nathaniel Jenks 7 Royal Flying Corps
Harold Waddell Joslyn 7 Royal Flying Corps
7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
7 Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
John Albert Page 7 Royal Naval Air Service
Stanley Asa Puffer 7 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Lewis Hector Ray 7 Royal Air Force
7 Royal Flying Corps
7 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
6 Royal Air Force
6 Royal Flying Corps
6 Royal Air Force
6 Royal Air Force
Jack Elmer Drummond 6 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Herbert Howard Snowden Fowler 6 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
6 Royal Naval Air Service
Richard Alexander Hewat 6 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Ernest Tilton Sumpter Kelly 6 Royal Air Force
Earl Stanley Meek 6 Royal Flying Corps
6 Royal Flying Corps
Gerald Ewart Nash 6 Royal Naval Air Service
Medley Kingdon Perlee 6 Royal Flying Corps
William Keith Swayze 6 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Harry Lutz Symons 6 Royal Flying Corps
George Leonary Trapp 6 Royal Naval Air Service
Harry Ellis Watson 6 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
6 Royal Flying Corps
George Benson Anderson 5 Royal Naval Air Service
Louis Drummond Bawlf 5 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
George Water Blaicklock 5 Royal Naval Air Service
5 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Edward Borgfeld Booth 5 Royal Flying Corps
William Eric Bottrill 5 Royal Air Force
5 Royal Flying Corps
John Bonnicher Crompton 5 Royal Flying Corps
Lumsden Cummings 5 Royal Flying Corps
5 Royal Flying Corps
Edward Carter Eaton 5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Air Force
Sydney Emerson Ellis 5 Royal Naval Air Service
5 Royal Air Force
5 Royal Air Force
5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Naval Air Service
Hugh Bradford Griffith 5 Royal Flying Corps
John Playton Hales 5 Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Air Force
5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Flying Corps
Robert Hanzel Little 5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Ross Morrison MacDonald 5 Royal Air Force
John Finlay Noel MacRae 5 Royal Flying Corps
Patrick Scarsfield Manley 5 Royal Air Force
5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Air Force
Russel Fern McRae 5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Air Force
Harold Edgar Mott 5 Royal Naval Air Service
5 Royal Naval Air Service
5 Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
5 Royal Flying Corps
5 Royal Air Force
5 Royal Air Force

See also: List of World War I aces from Canada, List of World War I flying aces, List of World War I aces credited with 20 or more victories, List of World War I aces credited with 15–19 victories, List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories, List of World War I aces credited with 10 victories, List of World War I aces credited with 9 victories, List of World War I aces credited with 8 victories, List of World War I aces credited with 7 victories, List of World War I aces credited with 6 victories and List of World War I aces credited with 5 victories.

World War II (1939–1945)

See main article: List of World War II aces from Canada. The following is a list of Canadians that achieved 5 or more victories during World War II.

Name Victories Service
31.33 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
21 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
19.83 Royal Air Force
16.5 Royal Air Force
16.5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
15.5 Royal Air Force
15 Royal Canadian Air Force
15 Royal Canadian Air Force
15 Royal Canadian Air Force
14.5 Royal Air Force
Arthur Benoit Leduc≈ 14.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
John Frederick McElroy 14.5[1] Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
14 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
14 Royal Air Force
13.53 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
13.25 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
13 Royal Canadian Air Force
13 Royal Air Force
John Howard Turnbull 12.5 Royal Air Force
12.08 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Albert Ulrich Houle 11.5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
John MacKay 11.2[2] Royal Canadian Air Force
Donald Campbell Gordon 11 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Eric Norman Woods 10.66 Royal Air Force
10.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
10.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
10.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
10.5 Royal Air Force
James Elmslie Walker 10.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
10.33 Royal Air Force
9.5 Royal Air Force
Leslie Cyril Gosling 9.5 Royal Air Force
Wilfred John Banks 9 Royal Canadian Air Force
9 Royal Canadian Air Force
George William Johnson 9 Royal Canadian Air Force
9 Royal Air Force
John Wiliam Williams 9 Royal Air Force
8.5 Royal Air Force
James Douglas Lindsay 8.5 Royal Air Force
Geoffrey Wilson Northcott 8.5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Hugh Charles Trainor 8.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Andrew Robert MacKenzie 8.25 Royal Canadian Air Force
William Lawrence Chisholm 8 Royal Air Force
Garth Edwards Horricks 8 Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
David Robert Charles Jamieson 8 Royal Canadian Air Force
Donald Mathew Pieri 8 Royal Canadian Air Force
J.A. Ray 8 Royal Air Force
Joseph Guillaume Laurent Robillard 8 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Rayne Dennis Schultz 8 Royal Canadian Air Force
James Hamilton Ballantyne 7.75 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Robert Davidson Grassick 7.5 Royal Air Force
Bruce Johnstone Ingalls 7.5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Harry Deane MacDonald 7.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Robert Rutherford Smith 7.5 Royal Air Force
7.33 Royal Air Force
James Duncan Smith 7.33 Royal Air Force
George Patterson Christie 7 Royal Air Force
Homer Powel Cochrane 7 Royal Air Force
Hugh Constant Godefroy 7 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Douglas Irving Hall 7 Royal Canadian Air Force
James D. Lindsey 7[3]
Donald Aikens MacFayden 7 Royal Air Force
7 Royal Air Force
John Felton Mackie 7 Royal Air Force
Thomas Lawrence Patterson 7 Royal Air Force
Gordon Learmont Raphael 7 Royal Air Force
James Dean Somerville 7 Royal Canadian Air Force
Noel Karl Stansfield 7 Royal Air Force
James Arthur Walker 7 Royal Air Force
Henry Paul Michael Zary 7 Royal Canadian Air Force
6.58 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Robert Andrew Buckham 6.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Walter Allan Grenfell Conrad 6.5 Royal Air Force
Robert Tremayne Pillsbury Davidson 6.5 Royal Air Force
Harry Thorpe Mitchell 6.5 Royal Air Force
Joseph Jean Paul Sabourin 6.5 Royal Air Force
Harry James Dowding 6.33 Royal Canadian Air Force
Alfred Keith Ogilvie 6.33 Royal Air Force
Gordon William Troke 6.25 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
6 Royal Air Force
Matthew S. Jr. Byrnes 6 United States Navy
Lorne Maxwell Cameron 6 Royal Canadian Air Force
William Watson Downer 6 Royal Air Force
Charles Emanuel Edinger 6 Royal Canadian Air Force
Leslie Sydney Ford 6 Royal Canadian Air Force
C.M. Jasper 6 Royal Canadian Air Force
Donald Harold Kimball 6 Royal Canadian Air Force
6 Royal Air Force
L.A. Moore 6 Royal Air Force
William Henry Nelson 6 Royal Air Force
George Pepper 6 Royal Air Force
Lloyd Gilbert Schwab 6 Royal Air Force
6 Royal Air Force
Frederick Albert William Johnson Wilson 6 Royal Canadian Air Force
Wilbert George Dodd 5.58 Royal Air Force
J.F. Barrick 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
John Joseph Boyle 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Howard Douglas Cleveland 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Harry Elmore Fenwick 5.5 Royal Air Force
Lionel Manley Gaunce 5.5 Royal Air Force
Robert Kitchener Hayward 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Ernest A. McNab 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Guy Elwood Mott 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
David Edward Ness 5.5 Royal Air Force
Rodney Thirsk Phipps 5.5 Royal Air Force
Blair D. Russel 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Hugh Norman Tamblyn 5.5 Royal Air Force
David John Williams 5.5 Royal Canadian Air Force
W.J.E. Harten 5.41 Royal Canadian Air Force
H.D. Edwards 5.33 Royal Air Force
Douglas Franklin Husband 5.33 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ronald Robert Morrison 5.33 Royal Canadian Air Force
Donald George Reid 5.33 Royal Air Force
Daniel Edward Noonan 5.25 Royal Canadian Air Force
Gregory Donald Angus Tunnicliffe Cameron 5.2 Royal Canadian Air Force
R.M. Davenport 5.2 Royal Canadian Air Force
Hedley Joseph Everard 5.2 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Allen Benjamin Angus 5 Royal Air Force
Michael Wilmont Hamilton Askey 5 Royal Air Force
Foss Henry Boulton 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Russell Reginald Bouskill 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
William Ranson Breithaupt 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Ralph Isaac Edward 5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
P.R. Burton-Gyles 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
John Todd Caine 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Philip Marcel Charron 5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
H.A. Crawford 5 Royal Air Force
Robert William Rouviere Day 5 Royal Air Force
Cleo Gauthier 6 Royal Air Force
Malcolm Grant Graham 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Paul Gilbert Johnson 5 Royal Air Force
Milton Eardley Jowsey 5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Walter Gordon Kirkwood 5 Royal Air Force
Esli Gordon Lapp 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Arthur George Lawrence 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Charles McLaughlin Magwood 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Frederick Thomas Murray 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
John William Neil 5 Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
M. Reeves 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
A.H. Sager 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Donald John Sheppard 5 FAA
Jackson Eddis Sheppard 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
Albert Ivan Smith 5 Royal Air Force
F.M. Smith 5 Royal Air Force
Gordon Wonnacott 5 Royal Canadian Air Force

Multiple wars

The following is a list of Canadians that achieved 5 or more victories throughout multiple wars.

Name Total Victories Notes
John Joseph Doyle 5 4 victories in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 1 in World War II
Joseph Auguste Omer Lévesque 5 4 victories in World War II and 1 in the Korean War
Clifford Denzel Woodrow Wilson 5 3 victories in 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 2 in World War II

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Notes and References

  1. Also had 3 victories in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
  2. Also had 1 victory in the Korean War
  3. Also had 2 victories in the Korean War