Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw CBE DSO and Bar DSC DFC Croix de Guerre RAF (22 November 1893 - 28 September 1976) was a Canadian aviator who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and later the Royal Air Force. He was the highest scoring RNAS flying ace and the second highest scoring Canadian pilot of the First World War. As a member of the RAF during the Second World War, he commanded the Desert Air Force in North Africa. Wikipedia
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Raymond Collishaw, D.S.C., R.N.A.S. For conspicuous bravery and skill in successfully leading attacks against hostile aircraft. www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Collishaw.htm
Fifteen year old Raymond Collishaw joined the Canadian Fisheries Protection Services in 1908. Over the next seven years he worked his way from cabin boy to first officer. In January 1916, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service as a probationary Flight Su www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/collishaw.php
Unfortunately for Ray it was Feb. 1917 and the Allied squadrons on the Western Front were being pulverized during the Arras offensive. Several Naval squadrons were sent to lend a hand. The RFC did not view them as a real benefit, however, as the RNAS ha www.constable.ca/colishaw.htm
