List of World War I aces from Canada

Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of flying aces in World War I from Canada. A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Canadians served in the British flying services–the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service, and the Royal Air Force, as Canada had no air arm until the formation of the Canadian Air Force on September 19, 1918.

For a master list of victories during the conflict, see List of World War I flying aces.

Canadian World War I aces

More than 10 victories

Name	Rank	Victories	Unit(s)	Notes
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant Colonel	72	21, 60, 85	VC (1894–1956)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant Colonel	60	10N, 13N, 3W (RNAS); 47, 203 (RAF)	(1893–1976)
Template:Sortname	Major	54	46	(1893–1988)
Template:Sortname	Major	50	4, 9, 15, 28, 66 (RFC); 139, 201 (RAF)	Template:Postnom. Killed in aircraft accident 1930
Template:Sortname	Captain	38	18, 22	(1894–1971)
Template:Sortname	Captain	37	41
Template:Sortname	Flight Commander	36	3N, 9N (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Captain	35	13, 41
Template:Sortname	Captain	33	70
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant Colonel	31	11
Template:Sortname	Major	28	19
Template:Sortname	Captain	28	1, 56
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	27	28
Template:Sortname	Captain	27	41, 60
Template:Sortname	Captain	27	3N, 9N, 3W (RNAS); 203 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	26	20
Template:Sortname	Captain	25	1 Naval (RNAS); 201 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	24	41
Template:Sortname	Captain	22	10N, 3W (RNAS); 210 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	22	65
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	21	20
Template:Sortname	Captain	21	4N (RNAS); 204 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	20	88
Template:Sortname	Captain	20	29
Template:Sortname	Captain	19	19, 23
Template:Sortname	Flight Sub Lieutenant	19	3W; 10N
Template:Sortname	Captain	18	13N (RNAS); 213 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Major	17	3N, 10N, 3W (RNAS); 210 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	17	2N, 6N, 9N, 11N; 3W (RNAS); 209 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	17	84
Template:Sortname	Captain	16	17, 22, 47 (RFC); 150 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	16	56, 72, 85
Template:Sortname	Captain	15	3N, 10N (RNAS); 203 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	15	13N (RNAS); 213 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	14	22
Template:Sortname	Captain	14	10, 25, 40, 44, 78
Template:Sortname	Captain	14	84
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	14	22
Template:Sortname	Captain	14	9N (RNAS); 3, 201 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	14	28, 45	Founding member of RCAF; elected to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Template:Sortname	Flight Commander	13	3N; 3W (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Flight Commander	13	6N, 10N	Elected to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Template:Sortname	Captain	13	43, 70	Retired as Air Vice-Marshal of RCAF
Template:Sortname	Captain	13	29	Made the first airmail flight over the Canadian Rockies 7 August 1919
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	13	28, 45
Template:Sortname	Captain	13	4N (RNAS); 204 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	13	10N, 12N (RNAS); 210 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	13	209
Template:Sortname	Captain	13	28, 66
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	12	66
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	12	22
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	1, 40
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	5, 7, 73
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	19
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	210 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	84
Douglas McGregor	Captain	12	23
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	12	29
Template:Sortname	Major	12	4N (RNAS); 204 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	73	Head of British Intelligence in the Western Hemisphere during World War II
Melville Wells Waddington	Lieutenant	12	20
Template:Sortname	Captain	12	8N (RNAS); 208 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	11	9N (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Flight Commander	11	4N, 5W (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	11	22
Art Duncan	Captain	11	60
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	11	47 (RFC); 150 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	11	56
Template:Sortname	Captain	11	45
Template:Sortname	Captain	11	24, 84
Template:Sortname	Captain	11	48	Elected to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	66
Template:Sortname	Major	10	3W, 3N (RNAS); 204 (RAF)	Air Chief Marshal Breadner achieved the highest rank ever awarded in the RCAF
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	4N, 9N, 11N (RNAS); 209 (RAF)	Credited with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	2, 84
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	48
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	10	1, 6, 70
Template:Sortname	Flight Sub-Lieutenant	10	3N, 3W (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	23, 24
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	1
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	10	41, 84
Template:Sortname	Captain	10	40

Fewer than 10 victories

Name	Rank	Victories	Unit(s)	Notes
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	24, 70
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	9	84
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	22
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	9	6N (RNAS); 206 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	28, 45
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	13, 19
George Clapham Dixon	Captain	9	40, 43, 85
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	1N, 6N (RNAS); 70, 201 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	17 (RFC); 150 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	3N, 9N, 3W (RNAS); Walmer HD
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	20, 22
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	1
Template:Sortname	Captain	9	54
Anthony George Allen Spence	Lieutenant	9	1N (RNAS); 201 (RAF)
Louis Mark Thompson	Lieutenant	9	62
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	9	28, 70
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	8	4N (RNAS); 204 (RAF)
John Dartnell De Pencier	Captain	8	19 (RFC); 12 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	8	20
Template:Sortname	Captain	8	46, 111
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	8	29
Template:Sortname	Major	8	49, 57 (RFC); 205 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	8	56
Template:Sortname	Captain	8	4, 24, 29	Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)'s 13th victim.
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	8	66
Template:Sortname	Captain	8	25
George Ivan Douglas Marks	Lieutenant	8	23
Template:Sortname	Captain	8	8N (RNAS); 208 (RAF)
William Jackson Rutherford	Captain	8	60
Template:Sortname	Flight Commander	8	3W, 10N
John Henry Smith	Lieutenant	8	46
Template:Sortname	Flight Sub-lieutenant	8	4N (RNAS)
Alexander Gordon Tyrrell	Lieutenant	8	73
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	8	25, 29, 93
Template:Sortname	Captain	7	7, 60
Thomas James Birmingham	Lieutenant	7	22
Cecil Guelph Brock	Lieutenant	7	1N, 9N (RNAS); 3, 209 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	25
Template:Sortname	Captain	7	62
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	41
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	7	211	Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935, an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1968
Template:Sortname	Captain	7	24, 56
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	24	Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1946
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	11
Template:Sortname	Captain	7	28, 45, 66
Template:Sortname	Captain	7	53, 104
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	17 (RFC); 150 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	20
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	20
Template:Sortname	Captain	7	43, 65
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	41
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	46
Ernest Morrow	Captain	7	62
Template:Sortname	Flight Lieutenant	7	3N, 10N
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	41
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	19
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	45	Shot down by Joachim von Busse of Jasta 3 on 26 October 1917, captured.
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	7	9N (RNAS); 209 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	6	104
Template:Sortname	Captain	6	4N (RNAS); 204 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	6	103
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	6	92
Template:Sortname	Captain	6	22, 48
Herbert Howard Snowden Fowler	Lieutenant	6	8N, 12N (RNAS); 208 (RAF)	Discharged from the RAF when it was determined that he was almost completely deaf.
Template:Sortname	Captain	6	8N, 1W
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	6	1
Template:Sortname	Captain	6	29
Template:Sortname	Captain	6	48
Template:Sortname	Flight Lieutenant	6	10N	Shot down by Karl Allmenröder of Jasta 11, captured
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	6	22
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	6	62
Template:Sortname	Captain	6	65
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	6	43, 64
Template:Sortname	Flight Sub-Lieutenant	6	10N
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	6	41
Template:Sortname	Major	6	24
Template:Sortname	Flight Lieutenant	5	3N, 3W (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	3N (RNAS); 203 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	45
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	11, 56, 92
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	70
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	5	104
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	23
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	60
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	1
Template:Sortname	Major	5	22, 25
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	65
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	103 (RFC); 205 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Flight Sub-lieutenant	5	4N (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	74
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	18, 103
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	41
Template:Sortname	Flight Lieutenant	5	8N, 1W (RNAS); 208 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	11, 20, 48
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	9N (RNAS); 203 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	28
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	45, 71, 73	Shot down and captured on 1 June 1918
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	25
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	20, 48
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	15, 87	Shot down and captured on 29 September 1918
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	23
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	5	62	Shot down and captured on 27 September 1918
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	25
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	79	Only Canadian ace in 79 Squadron
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	4 (AFC); 46 (RFC)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	56, 60
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	9N (RNAS)
Template:Sortname	Colonel	5	3N, 1W, 82W	First Canadian and first RNAS ace of the war
Template:Sortname	Captain	5	25
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	5	103
Template:Sortname	2nd Lieutenant	5	18, 33, 51, 78
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	210 (RAF)
Template:Sortname	Lieutenant	5	60

See also

• List of Canadian air aces

External links

• Canadian aces of World War I
• Fighter Pilot Aces List
• Canada - World War I