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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
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Irving Farmer "Hap" Kennedy, Spitfire, RAF - 263; 111; 93 and
RCAF - 421, 401
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William Atkinson, F4F Hellcat, Fleet Air Arm - 1844; HMS Indomitable;
Formidable
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James Edwards, P40 & Spitfire, RAF - 96;260;274 and RCAF - 417;
127 Wing
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Carl Fumerton, Beaufighter, RAF - 32;1;89 and RCAF - 406
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Donald Laubman, Spitfire, RCAF - 412 (Beaverbrook War Art painting
by Robert Hyndman, courtesy of the Canadian War Museum)
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Douglas Lindsay, Spitfire, RCAF - 403; 416
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Rod Smith, Spitfire, RAF - 126 and RCAF - 412; 401
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Donald Sheppard, F4U Corsair, Fleet Air Arm - 1835; 1836; HMS
Illustrious
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Russ Bannock (left), with navigator Robert Bruce (right), Mosquito,
RCAF - 418; 406
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