Raymond Collishaw
Royal Air Force air marshal (1893-1976) · Canada · On the map · Died at 82
Raymond Collishaw, was a distinguished Canadian fighter pilot, squadron leader, and commanding officer who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and later the Royal Air Force (RAF). He was the highest scoring RNAS flying ace and the second highest scoring Canadian pilot of the First World War.
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A Sopwith 1½ Strutter of No.70 Squadron RFC
Triplanes of No. 10 Naval Squadron at Bailleul, France.
Collishaw's Sopwith Triplane, 'Black Maria', 1917.
Sopwith Triplane cockpit view
Collishaw and Lt. Arthur Whealy (seated), c. July 1918
Raymond Collishaw after the First World War
Airco DH.9A - The type Collishaw's forces flew in RussiaAwards
About this person
He was noted as a great leader in the air, leading many of his own formations into battle. After the Great War, he became a permanent commissioned officer in the RAF, seeing action against the Bolsheviks in 1919-20, and subsequently commanding various Air Service detachments. During the Second World War, he commanded No. 204 Group in North Africa, achieving great success against the numerically and technologically superior Italian Air Force. He was retired in 1943.