List of World War II aces from Canada

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

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Aikman, Frederick Alan	10	DFC*	Wingman of Paddy Finucane
Angus, Allen Benjamin	5	DFC	KIA 16 May 1940
Archer, Philip Leslie I	6	DFC	KIA 17 June 1943
Armstrong, H A	5
Arthur, Charles Ian Rose "Duke"	6
Askey, Michael William Hamilton	5		KIA 28 October 1943
Atkinson, William Henry Isaac	5	DSC	FAA
Audet, Richard Joseph "Dick"	11	DFC*	KIA 3 March 1945

B

class=wikitable

Name

Kills

Awards

Notes

Ballantyne, James Hamilton

DFM

Banks, Wilfred John

DFC*

Bannock, Russell "Russ"

DSO, DFC*

Barton, Robert Alexander "Butch"

DFC*

Battle of Britain, Surviving Aircrew

Beurling, George "Buzz/Screwball"

DSO, DFC, DFM*

KIFA 20 May 1948

Blatchford, Howard Peter "Cowboy"

DFC

Battle of Britain, KIA 3 May 1943{{cite web |title=The Airmen's Stories - F/Lt. H P Blatchford |url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Blatchford.htm |website=Battle of Britain London Monument |access-date=7 March 2025}}

Bodien, Henri Erskine ("Joe")Aces of WW2 [http://acesofww2.com/UK/aces/bodien/ - H.E. Bodien]

5{{efn|Victories: 1 Dornier Do 17z (4/5 Feb 1941; Defiant, gunner D.E.C. Jonas); 1 Heinkel He 111 (9/10 Apr 1941; Defiant, gunner D.E.C. Jonas. Believing Bodien was dead Jonas bailed out and died); 1 He 111 (3/4 May 1941; Defiant); 1 Do 17 damaged (8/9 Sep 1942; Mosquito); 1 Do 17 (17/18 Sep 1942; Mosquito); 1 Junkers Ju 88 (19 June 1943; Mosquito) }}

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
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{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - P/O W L McKnight \|url=https://bbm.org.uk/airmen/McKnight.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
MacLennan, Ian Roy	7
McLeod, Henry Wallace "Wally"	21		KIA 27 September 1944
McNab, Ernest Archibald	5	OBE, DFC, CD	Battle of Britain{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - S/Ldr. E A McNab \|url=https://bbm.org.uk/airmen/McNab.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
McNair, Robert Wendell "Buck"	16	DSO, DFC**, LoH, CdG
McPhie, R A	8
Magwood, Charles McLaughlin	6
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{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - P/O H T Mitchell \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/MitchellHT.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
Mitchner, John Davidson	11	DFC*
Moffett, H Bruce	8
Morrison. Donald Robert	7		POW 1942
Mott, Guy Elwood	6
Murray, Frederick Thomas	5		POW 1945

N

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Neil, John William	5	DFC	POW 23 Aug 1944
Nelson, William Henry	5	DFC	Battle of Britain, MIA 1 November 1940{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - F/O W H Nelson \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/NelsonWH.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
Ness, David Edward	11	DFC
Noonan, Daniel Edward	7	DFC
Northcott, Geoffrey Wilson "Jeff"	9	DSO, DFC*

O

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Ockenden, Gordon	5
Ogilvie, Alfred Keith "Skeets"	6	DFC	Battle of Britain, Later bailed out and taken POW 9 January 1941

P

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Patterson, Thomas Lawrence	8		KIA 25 April 1941
Pepper, George	6	DFC*	KIFA 17 November 1942
Phipps, Rodney Thirsk	6	DFC

R

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Raphael, Gordon Learmouth "Raffy"	9	DSO, DFC*	KIA 10 April 1945{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2824726\|title = Casualty Details \| CWGC}}
Rathwell, Donald Westley	5
Reeves, McKenzie	5		KIA 28 March 1945{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2961676\|title = Casualty Details \| CWGC}}
Reid, Donald George "Shorty"	6	DFM	KIA 22 July 1942 {{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1282321\|title = Casualty Details \| CWGC}}{{cite web \|url=http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-RE.R1.html \|title=READ, FS John Herman (Can 9878) - Mention in Despatches - No \|accessdate=2010-05-30 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006235110/http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-RE.R1.html \|archivedate=2011-10-06 }}
Reid, Wilmer Harry	5	DFC
Robertson, Graham David	5	DFC
Robillard, Joseph Guillaume Laurent "Larry"	7	DFM	{{cite web \|url=http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-RO.1.html \|title=ROACH, P/O Fred (J90063) - Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Deceased) - Awarded 17 July 1948 as per Canada Gazette of T \|accessdate=2009-09-05 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006235335/http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-RO.1.html \|archivedate=2011-10-06 }}
Russel, Blair Dalzell "Dal"	7	DSO, DFC*, CdG	Battle of Britain{{cite web \|url=http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-RU.RY.html \|title=RUBIN, F/O Harold (J27115) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No \|accessdate=2010-05-08 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130062443/http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-RU.RY.html \|archivedate=2010-11-30 }}{{cite web \|url=http://www.bbm.org.uk/as-russel.htm \|title=Battle of Britain London Monument - Pilot's Stories - F/O B D Russel \|accessdate=2010-05-08 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093917/http://www.bbm.org.uk/as-russel.htm \|archivedate=2011-07-16 }}{{cite news\| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1572893/Wing-Commander-%27Dal%27-Russel.html \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421085933/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1572893/Wing-Commander-%27Dal%27-Russel.html \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=21 April 2013 \| location=London \| work=The Daily Telegraph \| title=Wing Commander 'Dal' Russel \| date=18 December 2007}}

S

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Sabourin, Joseph Jean Paul	7	DFC	KIA 16 September 1942 (El Alamein){{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2211734\|title = Casualty Details \| CWGC}}
Sager, Arthur Hazelton	6
Sager, Henry (Hank)	2
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){{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2076933\|title = Casualty Details \| CWGC}}
Sheppard, Donald John	6		FAA
Sheppard, Jackson Eddis	5
Smith, Albert Ivan	5
Smith, Forgrave Marshall "Hiram"	5	DFC	Battle of Britain
Smith, James Duncan "Smudger"	8		Battle of Britain, KIA 14 April 1941 (Libya){{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2383202\|title = Casualty Details \| CWGC}}
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{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - P/O N K Stansfeld \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Stansfeld.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
Stowe, William North	5

T

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Tamblyn, Hugh Norman	6	DFC	Battle of Britain, KIA 3 April 1941{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - F/Lt. H N Tamblyn \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Tamblyn.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
Trainor, Hugh Charles	9	DSO, DFC*	POW 19 Sep 1944
Troke, Gordon William	8	DFC	POW 1944
Turnbull, John Howard	13	DFC*
Turner, Percival Stanley "Stan"	14	DSO, DFC*	Battle of Britain

U

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Upton, Hamilton Charles "Derck"	11	DFC	Battle of Britain{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - P/O H C Upton \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Upton.htm \|website=Battle of Britain Lndon Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
Urwin-Mann, John Ronald "Jack"	10	DSO, DFC*	Battle of Britain{{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - P/O J R Urwin-Mann \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Urwin-Mann.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}

W

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Walker, James Arthur "Johnnie"	7	DFC	Battle of Britain, KIA 8 February 1944 (Singapore){{cite web \|title=The Airmen's Stories - F/O J A Walker \|url=https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/WalkerJA.htm \|website=Battle of Britain London Monument \|access-date=7 March 2025}}
Walker, James Elmslie "Jimmy"	10	DFC**	KIFA 25 April 1944{{sfn\|Shores\|Williams\|1994\|pp=613–614}}
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*

Z

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
class=wikitable
Zary, Henry Paul Michael "Hank"	5 + 2 damaged on ground	DFC

Notes

=Abbreviations=

"KIA" in Notes means Killed in action (dates are included where possible).
"KIFA" in Notes means Killed in Flying Accident.
"MIA" in Notes means Missing in action.
"WIA" in Notes means Wounded in action leading to death which, in some cases, may have occurred months later.
"POW" in Notes means Prisoner of War.
"FAA" in Notes denotes that the person served with the Fleet Air Arm, rather than with the Royal Air Force.
"Battle of Britain" in Notes denotes that the person flew during the Battle of Britain and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-1945 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940. See List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain

=Awards=

Award	Title	Notes
class="wikitable"
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

Notes

References

{{cite book|last1=Shores|first1=Christopher|last2=Williams|first2=Clive|year=1994|title=Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII|publisher=Grub Street|location=London|isbn=1-898697-00-0}}

External links

[http://acesofww2.com/can/ Canadian Aces of WW2]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100124190310/http://airforce.ca/honours-awards/military-honours-awards-1914-1945-files/rcaf-personnel-1939-1949/ RCAF Personnel Records 1939-45]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100124185548/http://airforce.ca/honours-awards/military-honours-awards-1914-1945-files/second-world-war-canadians-in-allied-flying-services/ RCAF: Canadians in Allied Flying Services]

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World War II flying aces