Everything about Raymond Collishaw totally explained
Air Vice Marshal Raymond Collishaw CB DSO and Bar OBE DSC DFC 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
No. 204 Group (which later became the
Desert Air Force) in
North Africa.
Early life
Raymond Collishaw was born at
Nanaimo, British Columbia,
Canada on
22 November 1893. His father was Edward Collishaw. He joined the Canadian Fisheries Protection Services as a cabin boy at the age of 15. As a sailor, he was onboard the
Alcedo when it sailed into the Arctic Circle in search of the
Stefansson expedition. Unfortunately, for the expedition, they were too late to rescue the
Karluk. By 1915, he'd worked his way up to first officer.
First World War
Toward the end of 1915, Collishaw joined the Royal Naval Air Service. He qualified as a pilot in January 1916. He spent months patrolling the British coast then, on
2 August 1916, he joined the RNAS's 3rd Wing which was operating in France. He helped escort the wing's bombers until
1 February 1917 when he transferred to
No. 3 Naval Squadron. In April he transferred to
No. 10 Naval Squadron.
On
2 October 1999, the terminal at
Nanaimo Airport was named the Nanaimo-Collishaw Air Terminal in his honour.
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