Raymond Collishaw WW1 ACE - Sopwith Triplane

Interview with Raymond Collishaw - He talks about his time with Black Flight and the Sopwith Triplane from the CBC Digital archives. www.cbc.ca/arch...

[@andrewdonatelli6953]

Raymond Collishaw was real Canadian hero. Great to see Art Scholl too. Both flying legends.

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

Ray Collishaw was a great pilot, leader, & always seemed happy. A very great man all through his life! 🫡🇨🇦

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

Ray Collishaw was indeed a very special person, extraordinary in fact! What a man, & what an amazing life he had!

[@ginoc44]

But why did he get suddenly retired by the RAF from a theatre command in the middle of WW2? Just a personality conflict with this superior?

[@Booruvcheek]

What we see here (late 1960s?) is as far from us today, as days of WW1 were from them at the time this was filmed.

[@mhollman8650]

We need people like him around today. He could teach a whole generation

[@davehadfield5906]

Tremendous, to hear him in person.

[@finnboru7977]

Priceless interview with one of the most successful early fighter pilots ever. I sincerely hope Canadian sources have archived this tidbit of genuine WWI recollection for the future

[@Nessevan]

The amazing life he led. Witnessing so much death and sorrow and still, as it appears, coming out mentally unscathed is an impressive act all together.

[@johnadams5489]

Some of our Canadian friends that showed their bravery to the Germans during the great wars. Thanks for posting this video or we would have never known at this group of fine pilots.

[@globalpilot76]

A true Knight of the Air.... What a ledgend....

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

What a great subject for documentary it could be for History channel. Great canadian hero . Positive, unassuming, sympathetic but terribly efficient in what he did .

[@rq83]

Canada has some really great Heroes.

[@rbeckhoff89]

As I'm a WW1 aviation. Buff.He is one of my favorites because of his upbeat happy go lucky attitude

[@mattc930]

Thanks!

[@M-WC]

Thanks for posting this. It is Good to show my kids this piece on a man proudly written into the History of Canada. Collishaw was and is still in memory a Canadian War Hero. Comparing his score of 60 to that of Bishop’s 72 is almost insulting, but when they made this interview in the 70’s the “REAL BISHOP” wasn’t really known yet. Bishop was my hero growing up, as he was for many Canadian school children. I read and watched every thing I could find on him for 2 decades I studied him. I still own dozens of books including his own publications. Bishop however was the opposite of Collishaw Bishop was a Canadian Shame. Bishop was a self promoting liar, he lied about downing many machines because he wanted to be the top dog. He wanted the fame and attention, and he even, very likely won the Vc with a lie! My Grandfather (RCAF 39-42 and Canadian Army 43-46) met him in England, during or shortly after the Battle of Britain in WW2. I can’t recall the date and I’m not sure Grandpa even did when he told me. Regardless, Bishop toured the airfield and hung out with the mechanics for a bit afterwards, as he always had great respect for the mechs stemming from his valued friendship with Walter Bourne, his mech in WW1 with RFC 60 squadron. At this time Bishop’s lies weren’t public like now, so he was highly revered by these men. Bishop told my Grandfather and friends that he would bring them a very special gift before leaving the next day. My Grandfather said that he and his friends got all excited and could only imagine that Bishop would bring them some Scotch, or something to that effect and they would get to have a drink with the “great Billy Bishop”. The next day Bishop returned and presented the men with autographed photos of himself. My Grandfather and his friends incensed with Bishops arrogance and feeling slighted, lined their toolboxes with the photos. Some just threw them in the trash. I learned this story after I found the photo of Bishop in the bottom of his screwdriver drawer sometime in the mid 1980’s. It stayed there until a couple years before his death in 2003. It’s in very poor condition now, yellowed, covered in oil stains and gouges, rips and scratches from 60 years in his toolbox. I have it here with me now and it’s part of My Grandfathers WW2 belongings collection that I keep in his memory. I couldn’t bring myself to dispose of it with such a great story attached to it. Thanks again for sharing/posting this interview. Take care.

[@mckessa17]

How do you know Bishop was a liar, Give the guy a break.

[@M-WC]

@@mckessa17 please do some research. It is all over the web. Loook it up. I’ve read every single book on the man including his own books. His squadron mates always suspected it. He just didn’t live long enough for it to come out. He was my Canadian hero growing up so I would make such a claim unless the evidence I’ve seen and heard said so. Quite simply put, he embellished his kill count and lied about a solo raid that earned him the VC. That’s why he went up alone so often. I’m sorry I cannot give that a “break”.

[@mckessa17]

@@M-WC They had strict rules for confirming kills for WW1 pilots. I doubt very much if Bishop would have got away with claiming many if any false claims. It would have been dealt with right away not 100 years later. Bruno Staffel tried to make false claims in the movie The Blue Max. It did not work out too good for him. Cheers.

[@rpm1796]

You know because some sanctimonious CBC Marxists wrote a play and published, denigrating an unquestionably very brave man and proud Canadian. Every member of my family served. My dad was a Flt.Lt Air/Nav instructor, both his older brothers were also in the RCAF, one ended the war as a Wg.Cmdr/ Flt. Surgeon, the other a Sqn.Ldr. All three received their wings from Bishop and met him often during his endless tours showing the flag and raising morale through the darkest days till the end. They all loved him.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Just to get a WW1 fighter into the air, never mind surviving combat 15 years after the Wright Bothers first flight was bravery enough. The average life expectancy for a pilot was measured in weeks if not days, and to be insulted because your grandfather got an autographed picture of arguably the most famous man in Canada instead of a bottle of booze and using unproven innuendo to reinforce your opinion is insulting to the memory of a great Canadian who served his entire life both during and after two world wars. Im mystified by what purpose your comment was supposed to serve but im pretty sure most Canadians, and especially vets, would disagree with you.

[@jackdunster-x9b]

He was also a very effective strategist in the early days of World War 2, and there's his exploits in the Russian intervention of 1919-20. What a character.. what a leader!

[@stevejauncey3086]

one of my heroes.

[@PaulRudd1941]

One of the greatest Nanaimoites ever born. They even named our airport after him. An absolute legend of a man.

[@phantomstrangermedia]

Thank you for posting this video! So wonderful to see & hear this hero!

[@adrianrosenlund-hudson8789]

Lovely. "Tripes" (as they were called by Allied flyers in WW1) were feared by the Germans. Beautiful aircraft

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*Great video!*

[@murraystewartj]

The airport at Nanaimo, BC (Collishaw's birthplace) is named for him.

[@FroggyFrog9000]

60 kills! That is getting towards the Red Barron's tally.

[@MrRobster1234]

He shot down a lot more in Russia after the war.

[@ianmorris4922]

​@@MrRobster1234actually he only shot down 1 in 1919 for an overall tally of 61 confirmed aerial victories.

[@ianmorris4922]

6:05;Good luck there Winnie m8.A real shame that in reality all we were 'led' to believe is,and was,utter bollocks,ie;endoctrinated... Love the Sopwith Triplane,to fly like a bird and all those men who fought for what they thought was right and gave their lives and bodies so we could continue to live.Shame we as a species haven't really done ALL the GOOD we could have. Money IS the route of all evil.How ANYONE could deny that continually,daily proven fact,to be manipulated into cutting throats on mass for another coin or note,staggers me.TRAGIC,just like the first world was and ALL wars.No real winners only degrees of losers. What IS that powerful force that keeps allowing these things to happen over and over again in slightly different and similar ways?🤷🏻‍♂️,buggered if I know! Thanks Ray&Co,can't wait to meet you in person,thank you and learn more. Really must try to be not so ill and continue with my model making. ☮️🩵🖖 EVERYBODY ⚛️🕉

[@wesharris2559]

Unbelievable life!

[@pwmiles56]

Amazing, wonderful. Kind of a cliché but Collishaw was a real life Biggles. (Another candidate wd. be the US pilot and adventurer Jimmy Angell)

[@tylerk.6751]

Thats my great great uncle!

[@CpFc267]

I’ve just recently done my family tree and it turns out I’m not related but connected to Raymond somewhere down the line. Small world

[@tylerk.6751]

@@CpFc267 awesome!

[@babboon5764]

Wonderful piece of living history .......... But *when* was it recorded? I'm guessing late 1960s / early 1970s but .....

[@miriammariarojaslopez1276]

70s I guess

[@ianmorris4922]

18:04;now ya just gotta love Collishaws laugh!Terrible!😂

[@kimchipig]

Three brothers killed, my God, what a sacrifice! Makes today' problems seen pretty lame. War is not glamourous or exciting. There is no chivalry. They were all trying to kill each other. The stakes were atrocious, like three brother in one family, all pilots.

[@oceanhome2023]

Back when Canadians loved their country

[@rodzor]

🍁

[@jgvgjv2980]

When was this film made? What year?

[@Booruvcheek]

"..today, in his mid-70s,..", assuming Raymond was 75 at the time, this would mean 1968. Wait, there's a link in the description. Broadcast Date: July 10, 1969

[@thec-opsnoobtrolledlamsen499]

Collishaw??he's a character at a Android game named academy of aces black flight..

[@Skyprince27]

THE C-OPS NOOB TROLLED LAMSEN en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Collishaw "... _Collishaw's flight painted their Sopwith Triplanes black (though appearing dark brown), and called themselves the All-Black Flight, later known more simply as the Black Flight_ ..."

[@georgebethos7890]

THE C-OPS NOOB TROLLED LAMSEN I use to play that game

[@mattc930]

What do you mean?

[@bleedinggumsroberts3579]

12:15 trust me

[@globalpilot76]

"singing and drinking, we made it policy" Where did we go wrong... ?

[@billyleroy2465]

What year is this Documentary 1970?

[@Booruvcheek]

"..today, in his mid-70s,..", assuming Raymond was 75 at the time, this would mean 1968. Wait, there's a link in the description. Broadcast Date: July 10, 1969

[@miriammariarojaslopez1276]

Broadcat: 1969

[@kastov5]

Elon?

[@1silvervespa]

Canadian history always allies . Turning the tides .......

[@fredosantana4531]

Is that you

[@fredosantana4531]

Elon musk?

[@juicejuice5013]

So thats Elon hmmm interesting