This is a list of Canadian flying aces.
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 |
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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 MacKay | 18 | 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.
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 | |
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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 |
The following is a list of Canadians that achieved 5 or more victories throughout multiple wars.
Name | Total Victories | Notes | |
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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 |