Wayne Ralph - Author & Photographer

Biographer - Air War Historian

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Featured on this page are photos of some of the aces of Canada who fought in every theatre of war, and provided an outstanding example of courage and leadership.

Two Navy carrier aces of the Pacific Theatre - Atkinson on Hellcats & Sheppard on Corsairs

Two night fighter / intruder aces on the Beaufighter and the Mosquito - Fumerton & Bannock

P40 / Spitfire ace - Edwards

Spitfire aces - Kennedy, Laubman, Lindsay, Smith


Irving Farmer "Hap" Kennedy, Spitfire, RAF - 263; 111; 93 and RCAF - 421, 401




William Atkinson, F4F Hellcat, Fleet Air Arm - 1844; HMS Indomitable; Formidable

James Edwards, P40 & Spitfire, RAF - 96;260;274 and RCAF - 417; 127 Wing

Carl Fumerton, Beaufighter, RAF - 32;1;89 and RCAF - 406

Donald Laubman, Spitfire, RCAF - 412 (Beaverbrook War Art painting by Robert Hyndman, courtesy of the Canadian War Museum)

Douglas Lindsay, Spitfire, RCAF - 403; 416

Rod Smith, Spitfire, RAF - 126 and RCAF - 412; 401

Donald Sheppard, F4U Corsair, Fleet Air Arm - 1835; 1836; HMS Illustrious

Russ Bannock (left), with navigator Robert Bruce (right), Mosquito, RCAF - 418; 406
Photos of today, RtoT  Photos of today, UtoZ  Spitfire & Seafire  Mosquito & Beaufighter