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William Henry Atkinson

William Henry Isaac Atkinson DSC, CD (born 22 April 1923) was the highest scoring fighter ace of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and the last pilot from The Commonwealth to become an ace during the war.〔THomas (2007) pp.84. 87〕 Atkinson claimed five aircraft destroyed and two shared. During the war he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and was Mentioned in Despatches. Remaining in the navy after the war he was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration and clasp.
After the war he remained in the Royal Canadian Navy and was eventually promoted to Commander and given command of the destroyer HMCS ''Haida'' and the officers training school HMCS ''Venture'' before retiring.
==Career==
William Henry Isaac Atkinson was born on 22 April 1923, and raised at Minnedosa in Manitoba, later moving to Winnipeg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Naval Museum of Manitoba )〕 In January 1943, during the Second World War, the 19-year-old Atkinson volunteered to be an aviator with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Devotion to Duty )
Atkinson was sent to the United Kingdom for his basic flying training at HMS ''St. Vincent'' at Gosport. He was sent back to Canada to undertake further flying training at RCAF Goderich and RCAF Station Aylmer. He was promoted to petty officer in March 1944 and qualified as a pilot and received his wings in April and was commissioned Acting Sub-Lieutenant.〔 Atkinson was then sent back to the United Kingdom, posted to 761 Naval Air Squadron at the Royal Naval College Greenwich. Promoted sub-lieutenant on 1 October 1944, he was posted to HMS ''Ravager'' for Deck Landing Training with the Supermarine Seafire. Advanced flying training was carried out on the Grumman Hellcat at RNAS ''Puttalam'' in Ceylon.〔

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