Fifteen year old Raymond Collishaw
joined the Canadian Fisheries Protection Services
in 1908. Over the next seven years he worked
his way from cabin boy to first officer. In
January 1916, he joined the Royal Naval Air
Service as
a probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant. Eventually
commanding the famous " Black Flight," he
was the first pilot to claim 6 victories in
one day and the highest scoring ace to fly
the Sopwith
Triplane. When the war ended, he remained in
the Royal Air Force, rising to the rank of
Air Vice-Marshal.
Collishaw was the brother-in-law of Canadian
ace George Trapp.
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