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The article focuses on the Canada's greatest fighter aces, Raymond Collishaw. During the few weeks he had been in command of B Flight, Collishaw had suffered the consequences of that policy, in which squadron commanders, when asked to transfer pilots to a new unit, used it as an excuse to get rid of their mavericks. Time and again half of the independent-minded members of his flight conveniently got lost in the clouds when the enemy appeared. Although he had already been an ace when he took command of B Flight, those three months established Collishaw as one of the great fighter pilots of World War I. Collishaw's career and other details are mentioned in the article.

Presents the exploits of William McKnight, Canada's first fighter pilot of World War II. Reason why McKnight was attracted to flying; Flight training undergone; Number of enemy planes shot down in Dunkirk, France.