Raymond Collishaw

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Royal Air Force officer Royal Naval Air Service officer flying ace human military aviator

Raymond Collishaw was a Canadian First World War flying ace and one of the highest-scoring fighter pilots of the conflict.

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instanceOf Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service officer ⓘ
flying ace ⓘ
human ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
aircraftFlown Sopwith Camel ⓘ
Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
allegiance Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de Guerre (France)

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Service Order and Bar

Order of the Nile ⓘ
birthDate 1893-11-22 ⓘ
burialPlace Nanaimo ⓘ
surface form: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
commandedUnit No. 10 Naval Squadron RNAS ⓘ
No. 14 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 201 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 202 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 203 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 204 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 3 Naval Squadron RNAS ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
creditedAerialVictories 60+ ⓘ
deathDate 1976-09-28 ⓘ
familyName Collishaw ⓘ
formedUnit Black Flight ⓘ
givenName Raymond ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
name Raymond Collishaw self-link ⓘ
nationality Canadian ⓘ
notableFor being one of the highest-scoring fighter aces of the First World War ⓘ
leading the Black Flight of Sopwith Triplanes in 1917 ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nanaimo ⓘ
surface form: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
placeOfDeath West Vancouver ⓘ
surface form: West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
rank Air Vice-Marshal ⓘ
servedInUnit No. 10 Naval Squadron RNAS ⓘ
No. 3 Naval Squadron RNAS ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1943 ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1914 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations North African campaign ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

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Raymond Collishaw → name → Raymond Collishaw self-link ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service → notablePersonnel → Raymond Collishaw ⓘ