A list of the best Canadian WW1 Aces. That is, World War I Aces from Canada with the most victories. Photos are included wherever possible. While one may be considered an Ace with only 5 victories, these WWI Aces have shot down twenty planes or more! World War 1 Aces were arguably the bravest and boldest of all fighter pilots as their planes were so rudimentary. That said, the Fokker Dr. I and the Sopwith Camel were airplanes that got the job done. For the Aces of World War 1, flight jackets weren't yet items of prestige; they were tools of necessity as flying in an open cockpit meant pilots could freeze. The planes were made of cloth, metal tubes, and wood unlike the armored cockpits of today that protect their flyboys from machine-gun fire. Suffice to say, this list of Aces of WW1 contains all of the best.
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Billy Bishop
Dec. at 62 (1894-1956)Planes shot down: 722
Raymond Collishaw
Dec. at 83 (1893-1976)Planes shot down: 603
Donald MacLaren
Dec. at 95 (1893-1988)Planes shot down: 544
William George Barker
Dec. at 36 (1894-1930)Planes shot down: 505
Alfred Atkey
Dec. at 77 (1894-1971)Planes shot down: 386
William Gordon Claxton
Planes shot down: 377
Joseph Stewart Temple Fall
Dec. at 93 (1895-1988)Planes shot down: 368
Frederick McCall
Dec. at 53 (1896-1949)Planes shot down: 359
Frank Granger Quigley
Dec. at 24 (1894-1918)Planes shot down: 3310
Andrew Edward McKeever
Dec. at 25 (1894-1919)Planes shot down: 3111
Albert Desbrisay Carter
Dec. at 27 (1892-1919)Planes shot down: 2812
Reginald Hoidge
Dec. at 69 (1894-1963)Planes shot down: 2813
Clifford McEwen
Dec. at 70 (1897-1967)Planes shot down: 2714
Frank Ormond Soden
Dec. at 66 (1895-1961)Planes shot down: 2715
Arthur Whealy
Dec. at 50 (1895-1945)Planes shot down: 2716
William McKenzie Thomson
Dec. at 89 (1898-1987)Planes shot down: 2617
Stanley Wallace Rosevear
Dec. at 22 (1896-1918)Planes shot down: 2518
William Ernest Shields
Dec. at 29 (1892-1921)Planes shot down: 2419
William Melville Alexander
Dec. at 91 (1897-1988)Planes shot down: 2320
Joseph Leonard Maries White
Dec. at 28 (1897-1925)Planes shot down: 2221
Harold Leslie Edwards
Dec. at 58 (1893-1951)Planes shot down: 2122
Charles Hickey
Dec. at 21 (1897-1918)Planes shot down: 2123
Kenneth Burns Conn
Dec. at 88 (1896-1984)Planes shot down: 2024
Planes shot down: 20