Date of birth:

November 22nd, 1893 (Nanaimo/British Columbia, Canada)

Date of death:

September 28th, 1976

Nationality:

Canadian

Raymond Collishaw was born on November 22nd, 1893 as the son to John Edward Collishaw and Sarah "Sadie" Jones.

For his services during Ww1 he received the Croix de Guerre (1917), the Distinguished Service Cross (July 20th, 1917), the Distinguished Service Order (August 11th, 1917, September 21st, 1918) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (August 3rd, 1918). He achieved a total of 60 victories.

He became Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1921. Also he received the Mentioned in Despatches (December 31st, 1918, March 31st, 1920, October 10th, 1922) and Officer of the British Empire - Civil Division (July 1st, 1946).

Promotions:
?: Cabin Boy;
?: Lower Class Sailor;
?: First Officer;
January 10th, 1916: Probational Flight Sub-Lieutenant;
July 13th, 1916: Flight Sub-Lieutenant (seniority January 10th, 1916);
?: Lieutenant;
June 3rd, 1916: Acting Flight Lieutenant;
June 30th, 1917: Flight Lieutenant;
July 2nd, 1917: Acting Flight Commander;
December 31st, 1917: Flight Commander;
January 2nd, 1918: Acting Squadron Commander;
April 1st, 1918: Temporary Major;
April 1st, 1918: Acting Major;
August 1st, 1919: Captain;
August 1st, 1919: Flight Lieutenant (seniority 1 april 1918);
August 1st, 1919 - April 22nd, 1920: Acting Squadron Leader;
January 1st, 1922: Squadron Leader;
July 1st, 1929: Wing Commander;
July 1st, 1935: Group Captain;
April 1st, 1939: Air Commodore;
March 21st, 1942: Acting Air Vice Marshall;
October 29th, 1943: Air Vice Marshall.

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

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  - 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
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