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Collishaw, Raymond DSC (Air Vice Marshall)
Survived 1917-July-06
Birth Date: unkown date (age 82)
Born: Nanaimo, British Columbia
John Edward Collishaw & Sarah Jones
Juaneita Eliza Trapp
Home: Vancouver, B.C.
Enlistment Date: 1916-01-10
Decorations: DSC, DSO and bar, DFC and bar, Companion of the Bath, OBE, CDGF
Service
RAF
RAF
Unit
3 (F) Wing- Wing (RFC)
3 (F) Wing- Wing (RFC)
Rank
Flt. sub-Lieutenant
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Position
pilot
pilot
Service Numbers
Second highest scoring Canadian Ace of WWI with 60 victories.
At age 15, Raymond Collishaw joined the Canadian Fisheries Protection Service where he worked his way up from Cabin Boy to First Officer over 7 years of service. He left to enlist in the RNAS in 1916.
In 1919 Collishaw led 47 Sqn RAF with White Russian Forces against the Red Russians.
The Nanaimo Airport Terminal Building was named in honour of World War 1 flying Ace Air Vice Marshall Raymond Collishaw in October of 1999.
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