"Screwball" "Buzz"

George Frederick Beurling

the "Falcon of Malta"

31.33 - 29.33 (+ 9 damaged)

"Woody"

Vernon Crompton Woodward

(+ 2 OTG)

22 -19 (+ 5 prob & 11 dam)

"Eddie" "Stocky" "Jimmy"

James Francis Edwards

(+ 12 OTG / 2 dam)

21  (+ 6.5 prob & 16 dam)

"Wally"

* Henry Wallace McLeod

(KIA 27sep44)

21 (+ 4 prob & 10 dam)

"Johnny"

John Trevor Godfrey

(POW 24aug44) Americanadian)

18  (+ 18 OTG)

"Hilly"

* Mark Henry Brown

(KIA 12nov41
  Canada's 1st Ace of WW2)
18 - 16 (+ 5.5 prob & 2 dam)

"Willie"

* William Lidstone McKnight

(KIA 12jan41)
  Canada's 2nd Ace of WW2)
16.5  (+ 1 dam)

"Buck" "The Chief"

Robert Wendell McNair

16 (+ 5 prob & 11 dam) *

"Jack" "Johnny"

Edward Francis John Charles

(UKadian, D 5nov1986)

15.5 (+ 6.5 prob & 5 dam)

"Goody"

James Alexander Goodson

(Eagle, POW 15jun44
      Americanadian)
15  (+ 15 OTG)  * * *

"Don"

Donald Currie Laubman

(POW 14apr45)

15  (+ 3 dam)

"Bill" "Gristle" "Grizzle"

* William Thomas Klersy

(KIFA 22may45, 22 year old S/L)

14.5 (+ 3.5dam, + 2 OTG)

"Hap"

Irving Farmer Kennedy

14.25 - 12.08  (+ 1 prob)  *

"Max" (Aitkin)

John William Maxwell Aitken

(son of Lord Beaverbrook)

14.2 (+

"Stan" "Bull"

Percival Stanley Turner

(UKadian)

14 (+ 2 prob & 8 dam) *

"Moose"

Robert Carl Fumerton

14 (+ 1 dam)

George Urquhart Hill

(POW 25apr44)

14 - 12 (+ 3 prob & 9 dam)

"Rod"

Roderick Illingworth Alpine Smith   

13.5

"Butch"

Robert Alexander Barton  

13.5 -11.5 (+ 4.5 prob & 9 dam)

"Johnny Kentowski" "Alex"

John Alexander Kent

(303 [Polish] sq FC during BoB)

13 (+ 2 prob & 2 dam, + 1 OTG)

"Keefe"

George Clinton Keefer

(+ 5 OTG)  Americanadian
                   N.Y. &  P.E.I.)
13 - 12  (+ 2 prob & 9 dam)

"Foob" "the Terror of Rheine"

David Charles Fairbanks

(+ 1 V-1)  Americanadian
          POW 28feb45)
12.5   *

"Johnny" "Jack"

John Howard Turnbull

12.5 -10

"Chunky" "Don" "The Chunk"

Donald Campbell Gordon

(+ 5 OTG / 3 dam)

12  (+ 4 prob & 5 dam)

John MacKay

(+ 1 in Korea)

11.2 (+ 2.5 dam & 30 dam OTG)

"Russ"

Russell Bannock

(+ 19.5 V-1s)

11 (+ 2 OTG / 4 dam) * * * *

"Mac" "Johnny"

John Frederick McElroy

(+ 3 in the Middle East) * *

11 (+ 3 sh, 3 prob & 9 dam)

"Bert" "Shorty"

Albert Ulrich Houle

11 (+ 1 prob & 7 dam)

"Jimmy"

* James Elmslie Walker

(KIFA 25apr44)

11 - 9.5 (+6 prob, 12 dam)

"Timber"

* Eric Norman Woods

(MIA 16dec43)
  Buenos Aires born)
10.66 (+4prob & 9.5dam, +1 OTG)

"Dick"

* Richard Joseph Audet

(KIA 3mar45)
  Ace in a Day, 29dec44)
10.5 (+ 1 dam, + 1 OTG)

"Mitch" "Jack"

John Davidson Mitchner

10.5  (+2 prob & 3 dam)

Dallas Wilbur Schmidt

10.5

"Derck"

Hamilton Charles Upton   

(UKadian)

10.5 - 9.58  *

"Willie the Kid" "Billy the Kid"

* John William Williams  

(KIFA 31oct42, Beurling survived)

10 - 7   (+ 8 dam)

"Bob"

Robert Allen Kipp

( KiFA 25 July 1949 )

9.5 (+ 5 prob, 5 dam, + 2 OTG )

"Goose" Cyril "Les"

* Leslie Cyril Gosling

(KIA 19jul43)

9.5  (+ 3 dam.)

"Jimmy"

* James Hamilton Ballantyne

(KIA 8mar44)

9.25 (+ 5 probs & ? dam)

"Wilf" John

Wilfred John Banks

9 (+ 3 probs & 1dam)

"Don"

Donald Aikins MacFadyen

(+ 5 V-1's)

9  (+ 5 OTG /2 prob /17 dam)

Homer Powell Cochrane

(Cocky's brother)

9 (+ 2 prob & 1 dam) *

George William Johnson

9  (+ 4 dam)

"Jeff"

Geoffrey Wilson Northcott

9 (+ 1 prob & 8 dam) *

"Butch" "Alan"

Frederick Alan Aikman

(Paddy Finucane's last #2

9  (+ 1 prob & 3 dam)

"Jack"

John Ronald Urwin-Mann

(UKanadian)

9 - 8.66 (+ 4 probs & 1 dam)

"Bob"

Robert Rutherford Smith

(POW 10mar43)

9 - 7   (+ 1 prob)

* George Noel Keith

(KIA 4aug43)

8.5 (+ 2 prob & 2 dam)

"Charlie"

Hugh Charles Trainor

(POW 19sep44)

8.5  (+ 1 prob)

"Doug" "JD"

James Douglas Lindsay

(+ 2 in Korea w/3 dam)

8.5  (+ 5 dam)

"Fred"

Frederick Albert William Johnson Wilson  

8.5 - 6 (+ 4 OTG)

"Andy"

Andrew Robert MacKenzie  

8.25 (+ 1dam) * *

"Red"

William Lawrence Chisholm

8  (+ 4 prob & 4 dam)

Garth Edwards Horricks

8  (+ 1 prob & 6 dam)

"Jamie"

David Robert Charles Jamieson

8 (+ 1dam)

"Larry"

Joseph Guillaume Laurent Robillard   

8

"Joe" Dennis

Rayne Dennis Schultz

8

* Bruce Johnston Ingalls

(KIA 16jun44)

8 - 7.5  (+ 2 dam) *

Noel Karl Stansfeld

8 - 7

* John Blandford Latta

(KIA 14jan41)

8 - 6    (+ 1 sh)

"Bob" "Jumbo" "Slim"

Robert Davidson Grassick

7.5  (+ 3 prob & 2 dam)

Deane

* Harry Deane MacDonald

(KIA 30nov43)

7.5 - 6.5 (+ 1 prob & 5 dam)

"Smudger"

* James Duncan Smith

(KIA 14apr41)

7.33 - 4 (+ 1prob, 1dam)

"Jimmy" "Cocky"

* Arthur Charles Cochrane

(KIA 31mar43)

7 (+ 4probs & 1dam)

"Cowboy"

* Howard Peter Blatchford

(KIA 3may43)
  got 1st Canadian victory of WW2)
7 (+ 2prob & 4dam)

"Raffy"

* Gordon Learmouth Raphael

(+ 2 V-1's) KIA 10apr45)

7  (+ 1 prob & 1 dam)

"Al" "Harry" "Archie"

Archibald Allan Harrington

(Atlantic City & Ottawa, Ont.
              Americanadian)
7  (+ 1 probable)

Ian Roy MacLennan

(POW 7jun44)

7   (+ 8 dam)

"Huey"

Hugh Constant Godefroy

(born in Java)

7 (+ 2 or 3 dam) *

"Sammy" "Dougall"

Douglas Irving Hall     

7 (+ 2 dam)

"Red"

James Dean Somerville

7  (+ 1 dam)

* John Felton Mackie

(KIA 15apr41)

7

* Thomas Lawrence Patterson

(MIA 25apr41)

7

"Chad" "the Angel"

* Lloyd Vernon Chadburn   

(+ 1 E-boat) KIFA 13jun44)

6.8 (+ 6.3 prob, 6 dam) * * * *

Wilbert George Dodd

6.5  (+ 3 prob & 4 dam)

"Ram" "Buck" "Bobby" "Bob"

Robert Andrew Buckham

6.5 (+ 3 dam)

Harry Thorne Mitchell

6.5 (+ 1 dam)

* Joseph Jean Paul Sabourin

(KIA 16sep42)

6.5 ( + 2 dam)

Harry James Dowding

6.33 (+ 3dam)

"Shorty"

* Donald George Reid

(KIA 22jul42)

6.33 - 5.33 (+3prob & 4.5dam)

"Gordy"

Gordon William Troke

6.25 (+ 1 dam, + 2 OTG)

* George Patterson Christie

(KiFA 5jul42)

6  (+3.5 prob & 1 dam)

"Bob"

Robert Tremagne Pillsbury Davidson   

(2 each - Jap, German, Italian)

6  (+ 3 prob & 10 dam)

John William Neil

(POW 23aug44)

6  (+ 2 prob & 6 dam)

"Wally"

Walter Allan Grenfell Conrad

6 (+ 2 prob & 1.5 dam)

"Skeets"

Alfred Keith Ogilvie

(POW 4jul41 - a lucky
  "Great Escape" survivor)
6 (+ 1prob & 1dam +)

"Algy"

Lloyd Gilbert Schwab

6 (+ 1 prob) *

"Sid"

* Leslie Sydney Ford

(KIA 4jun43)

6 (+ 2.5dam,+ 1 Destroyer)

Rodney Thirsk Phipps

6 (+ 2dam, +10 OTG /1dam)

"Cam"

Lorne Maxwell Cameron

(POW 3jul44, escaped)

6  (+ 2dam)

"Tex"

* Donald Mathew Pieri

(Americanadian) POW 2may45
              Died 3may45
6  (+ 2 dam)

"Don"

Donald Harold Kimball

6 (+ 1 dam)

"Jimmy"

* James Henry Whalen

(KIA 18apr44)

6    (+1 dam)   *

Charles Emanuel Edinger

(Americanadian)

6  (+ 1 dam)

* George Pepper

(KIFA 17nov42)

6  (+ 1 dam)

* Joseph Emil Paul Laricheliere

(KIA 16aug40)

6 (all on 14/15aug40)

"Jimmy" "Johnny"

* James Arthur Walker

(KIA 8feb44)

6

"Foss"

Foss Henry Boulton

(POW 13may43)

6 - 5 (+ 4 prob & 3 dam)

"Phil"

Phillipe Elwyn Etienne  

"Steve"

Stephan Butte

"Jim"

* James Bernard Kerr

(KIA 18jul44)

5.75  (+ 3 dam)

"Elmer"

* Lionel Manley Gaunce

(KIA 19nov41)

5.5 (+ 3 prob & 6 dam)

(Air Gunner)

Peter Engbrecht 

(Ruskadian)

5.5  (+ 2 prob) * *

Hugh

* Hugh Norman Donald Tamblyn

(KIA 3apr41)

5.5  (+ 2 prob)

"Ernie" "PeeWee"

Ernest Archibald McNab

(got 1st RCAF kill of WW2)

5.5  (+1prob & 3.5dam) *

"Bob"

Robert Kitchener Hayward

(DSO, DFC)

5.5 (+0.25 prob & 4.5 dam)

Douglas Franklin Husband

5.5  (+ 3 dam)

"Jack" "JJ"

John Joseph Boyle

5.5  (+ 2dam, + 2 OTG)

David Edward Ness

(+ 5 V-1's)

5.5 

"Howie"

Howard Douglas Cleveland

5.5 (+ 6.5 OTG) *

Guy Elwood Mott

5.5 (+ 0.33 damaged)

"Blackie"

David John Williams

5.5

"Junior" "Babe"

* Harry Elmore Fenwick

(KIA 21jun44, by friendly fire)

5.5 - 4.5 (+ 2.5 prob & 7 dam)

"Beryl"

* John Greer Boyle

(KIA 28sep40)

5.5 - 4.2 

"Dal"

Blair Dalzell Russel

5.5 - 4 (+ 2 prob & 3 dam)

"Don"

Donald Robert Morrison

(POW 8nov42)

5.33 (+ 4.5 prob & 5 dam)

"Danny"

Daniel Edward Noonan

5.25 - 4.25

"Cam"

Gregory Donald Angus Tunnicliffe Cameron   

5.20  (+ 1 prob & 3 dam)

"Snooks"

Hedley Joseph Everard

(POW 25dec44)

5.2 - 4.2 (+ 2 probs & 3 dam)

"Gordie" "GR" "Roy" "Rod"

Gordon Roy McGregor

(the oldest pilot in the BoB)
  5th kill a prob confirmed in '77)
5  (+ 2 probs & 5 damaged)

Frederick Thomas Murray

(POW 22feb45)

5  (+ 1 prob & 2.1 dam)

George Leslie Sinclair

5  (+ 1 prob & 2 dam)

Ronald Oldham

5  (+ 5 dam)

"Chuck" "Maggie"

Charles McLaughlin Magwood

5  (+ 3.5 dam)

"Russ"

* Russell Reginald Bouskill

(KIA 2oct44)

5  (+ 3 dam)

"Bill"

* William Watson Downer

(KIFA 16apr44)

5  (+ 2 dam)

"Yank" "Bill"

* William Henry Nelson

(KIA 1nov40)

5  (+ 2 dam)

"Mac"

* Mackenzie Reeves

(KIA 28mar45)

5  (+ 2 dam)

Gordon

Esli Gordon Lapp

5  (+ 1 dam)

* Phillip Leslie Irving Archer

(KIA 17jun43, Barbadian)

5   (+ 1 dam)

Ralph Isaac Edward Britten

5 (+ 1 dam)

* Philip Marcel Charron

(KIA 19nov44)

5  (+ 1 dam)

"Stan"

* Stanley Herbert Ross Cotterill

(+ 4 V-1s) KIA 18oct44)

5 

"Hiram"

Forgrave Marshall Smith

5  (+ 1 Balloon)

"Cobber" "Johnny"

John Todd Caine

5  (+15 OTG / 7dam)

"Mike"

* Michael William Hamilton Askey   

(KIA 28oct43)

5 (+ 1 dam)

Walter Gordon Kirkwood

5  (+ 1 OTG)

Harvey Alexander Crawford

5 

"Bill"

William Henry Isaac Atkinson    

(Hellcat Night Fighters / Pacific -
   got last 3 FAA kills of WW2)
5

"Bright-Eyes"

* William Ranson Breithaupt

(KIA 12sep44)

5

"Bob"

Robert William Rouviere Day

(Spitfires / Pacific theater)

5

"Mac"

Malcolm Grant Graham

5

"Art"

Arthur George Lawrence

5

"Don"

Donald John Sheppard

(Corsairs / Pacific theater)

5

"Jack"

Jackson Eddie Sheppard

5

Albert Ivan Smith

5

"Milt"

Milton Eardley Jowsey

(POW 22feb45)

5 - 4

Omer "Trottle" "Joe"

Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque

(POW 12feb42)
  1st Canadian to down a FW190)
4 (+1 in Korea) *

Black "Jack"

Joseph John Doyle  (RCAF, IAF)

(+ 3 & 2 dam. against REAF)

2    *

"Denny"

Clifford Denzel Wilson   (RCAF, IAF)

(+ 3 against REAF?)

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"Canadian Wing" by Robert Taylor

June 6th 1944 - D-Day. From dusk til dawn Johnny Johnson leads his Canadian Wing on low-level sweeps over the Normandy beaches in Support of the Allied invasion forces. Their freshly painted Invasion stripes clearly setting them apart (not always effectively) from their German counterparts

"Johnny"

James Edgar Johnson    (RAF)

(UK)

38   * * * *

Gentle "Don"

Dominic Salvatore Gentile (USAAF)

(RAF Eagle)

22  (+ 7 OTG)

Douglas Robert Stewart Bader (RAF) *

(UK) POW 9aug41)
      had artificial legs)
22  * *

Duane Willard Beeson (USAAF) 

(RAF Eagle)

19.33-17.33 (POW 5apr44) *

"Kid"

* Ralph Kidd Hofer  (USAAF)

(KIA 2jul44)

15   (+ 14 OTG)

"Don"

Donald James Mathew Blakeslee (USAAF) 

(RAF Eagle)

14.5

(+ 13 V-1s) UK) KIFA 1mar45)

14   *

"Charlie" "Last-Trip"

Charles Curnow Scherf  (RAAF)

(Australia)

13.5 (+10 OTG / 7dam)

"Weavy"   Youngest Allied Ace of WW2

* Claude Weaver III

(Oklahoma)  KIA 28jan44
  (POW 9sep42 - escaped)
12.5    (+ 3 probs)

"Chris" "WildMan" "Maggie"
        brother John wrote "High Flight"
Christopher Lyman Magee

(Black Sheep -
   flew for Isreal in 1948)
9     *

John Harvey Curry

(Dallas, Texas)

7.33  (+ 2 probs & 4 dam)

Reade Franklin Tilley (USAAF)

(Florida) RAF Eagle)

7 (0 w/121sq.) *

"Hank"

Henry Paul Michael Zary

(New York)

6 - 5 (+ 4 or 5 dam) * *

Robert Monroe Davenport

(Virginia)

5.5 (+ 1 dam, + 60 M.Vs)

(UK) MIA 27sep41 w/403sq.)

5.5

Edward Lester Gimbel (USAAF)

(Chicago)  MIA 4mar43,
  evaded, POW 16apr45)
5 (+ 1.5 prob & 1 dam)

"Tex"

John Frederick Barrick

(Sweatwater, Texas) 17 sq. Burma)

5 (+ 1 prob & 1 dam)

* Paul Gilbert Johnson

(Bethel, Connecticut) KIA 18jul44)

5  (+ 4 dam)

"Jas"

Clarence Murl Jasper

(+ 3 V-1s) Ottawa, Kansas)

5  (+ 3 OTG)

"Vic"

Victor N. Cabas (USAAF)

"Holly"

Hollis Harry Hills (USN)

(California)

5

"Lou"

James Forrest Luma (USAAF)

(Helena, Montana)

5 (+ 2 OTG)  * *

"Zulu" "Zuba"

Douglas Griffith Morris

(South Africanadian)

5  *

"Whitey"

Harold Evans Dahl

(5 [possibly up to 9] during SCW)

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