Geboortedatum:

22 november 1893 (Nanaimo/Brits Columbia, Canada)

Overlijdensdatum:

28 september 1976

Nationaliteit:

Canadese (1931-heden, Constitutionele Monarchie)

Raymond Collishaw werd op 22 november 1893 geboren als zoon van John Edward Collishaw en Sarah "Sadie" Jones.

Voor verdienste tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog ontving hij de Croix de Guerre (1917), de Distinguished Service Cross (20 juli 1917), de Distinguished Service Order (11 augustus 1917, 21 september 1918) en de Distinguished Flying Cross (3 augustus 1918). Hij behaalde tijdens deze oorlog 60 overwinningen.

In 1921 werd hij Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Tevens ontving hij de Mentioned in Despatches (31 december 1918, 31 maart 1920, 10 oktober 1922) en Officer of the British Empire - Civil Division (1 juli 1946).

Bevorderingen:
?: Cabin Boy;
?: Lower Class Sailor;
?: First Officer;
10 januari 1916: Probational Flight Sub-Lieutenant;
13 juli 1916: Flight Sub-Lieutenant (seniority 10 januari 1916);
?: Lieutenant;
3 juni 1916: Acting Flight Lieutenant;
30 juni 1917: Flight Lieutenant;
2 juli 1917: Acting Flight Commander;
31 december 1917: Flight Commander;
2 januari 1918: Acting Squadron Commander;
1 april 1918: Temporary Major;
1 april 1918: Acting Major;
1 augustus 1919: Captain;
1 augustus 1919: Flight Lieutenant (seniority 1 april 1918);
1 augustus 1919 - 22 april 1920: Acting Squadron Leader;
1 januari 1922: Squadron Leader;
1 juli 1929: Wing Commander;
1 juli 1935: Group Captain;
1 april 1939: Air Commodore;
21 maart 1942: Acting Air Vice Marshall;
29 oktober 1943: Air Vice Marshall.

Loopbaan:
?: Cabin Boy, Canadian Fisheries Protection Services;
?: Lower Class Sailer, "Alcedo";
1915: Royal Naval Air Service;
3 februari 1916: Training RNAS Redcar;
16 juli 1916: Gunnery School, Isle of Sheppey;
2 augustus 1916: Pilot, No. 3 Wing, RNAS;
1 februari 1917: No. 3 Squadron RNAS;
27 april 1917: Flight Commander No. 10 Squadron RNAS;
24 november 1917: Flight Commander Seaplane Defence Squadron, RNAS;
29 december 1917: Commanding Officer Seaplane Defence Squadron, RNAS;
15 januari 1918: Commanding Officer No. 13 Squadron RNAS;
23 januari 1918: Commanding Officer No. 3 Squadron RNAS;
1 april 1918: Commanding Officer No. 203 Squadron;
13 juni 1919: Commanding Officer No. 47 Squadron;
oktober 1919: Commanding Officer 'A' Squadron;
12 november 1920: FLight Commander No. 30 Squadron;
1921: Acting Commanding Officer No. 30 Squadron;
27 mei 1923: RAF Lieaison Officer, Kurdistan Expeditionary Force;
1 oktober 1923: Commanding Officer No. 41 Squadron;
5 mei 1924: RAF Staff College;
14 april 1925: Staff, Headquarters No. 6 Group;
1 juli 1925: Commanding Officer No. 23 Squadron;
18 november 1927: Head of Operations and Intelligence, Headquarters ADGB;
2 augustus 1929: Commanding Officer Flying, H.M.S. Courageous;
januari 1930: Senior Officers' Technical Course;
29 augustus 1932: RAF Depot;
1 oktober 1932: Commanding Officer RAF Bircham Newton;
1 juli 1935: Commanding Officer RAF Upper Heyford;
10 oktober 1935: Commanding Officer No. 5 Wing;
14 augustus 1936: Commanding Officer RAF Heliopolis;
18 april 1939: Air Officer Commanding Egypt Group;
21 september 1939: Air Officer Commanding No. 202 Group;
12 april 1941: Air Officer Commanding No. 204 Group;
augustus 1941: Air Staff, Headquarters Fighter Command;
21 maart 1942: Air Officer Commanding No. 14 (Fighter) Group;
29 oktober 1943: Retirement;
1943 - 1945: Regional Air Liaison Officer, Civil Defence

Heeft u zelf meer informatie over deze persoon? Lever het aan!

• Foto 1: Tom MacNeill
• - Supplement to The London Gazette of 20th April 1917, Issue 30029, dated 21st April 1917
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 20th July 1917, Issue 30194, dated 20th July 1917
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 10th August 1917, Issue 30227, dated 11th August 1917
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 2nd August 1918, Issue 30827, dated 3rd August 1918
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 20th September 1918, Issue 30913, dated 21st September 1918
  - Fifth Supplement to The London Gazette of 27th December 1918, Issue 31089, dated 31st December 1918
  - The London Gazette of 1st August 1919, Issue 31486
  - The London Gazette of 9th July 1920, Issue 31972
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 9th July 1920, Issue 31974, dated 12th July 1920
  - The London Gazette of 24th August 1920, Issue 32028
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 30th December 1921, Issue 32563, dated 31st December 1921
  - The London Gazette of 10th October 1922, Issue 32754
  - The London Gazette of 2nd July 1929, Issue 33513
  - The London Gazette of 2nd July 1935, Issue 34176
  - The London Gazette of 4th April 1939, Issue 34613
  - The London Gazette of 4th March 1941, Issue 35094
  - The London Gazette of 31st March 1942, Issue 35508
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 26th November 1943, Issue 36267, dated 30th November 1943
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 28th June 1946, Issue 37633, dated 1st July 1946
  - Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation