William Henry Atkinson

William Henry Isaac Atkinson one of the hero during the World War 2. He was the highest scoring fighter ace of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and the last pilot from The common wealth to become an ace during the war. Because of his great achievements during the war, he promoted to Commender. He decided to remain in Roya Canadian Navy and got respect from people and his co-workers.

 

William Henry Isaac Atkinson was born on 22 April 1923, and raised at Minnedosa in Manitoba, later moving to Winnepeg. When he was 19years old, he volunteered to the World War 2 as a aviator in January 1943. He was sent to United Kindom to train basic skill for steering airplane. After finishing his first training, he came back to Canada and got another training.  Because of his outstanding ablitiy in flying, his rank was promoted one by one during traing in United Kindom and Canada.

 

Having finished his flying training, Atkinson was posted to the Grumman-Hellcat-equipped 1884 Naval Air Squadron. In January 1945, his unit got the mission that bombed the Japanese oil station at Palembang and Sumatra. Those were very important place to Japan to fuel their airplane. These plants produced 50 percent of Japan's oil and 75 percent of their aviation fuel. Atkinson took part in the operations on 24 and 29 January

 

He got the most successful achievements during April 1945. He shot down enemies's plane in the battle field. His total for April was three confirmed, two probables and one shared. While he contributed for his country, his airplane was badly damaged. He had to use another airplane unavoidably. Although he was not familiar with his new airplane, he shot down three of four enemies's airpalne during the operation. Atkinson's success led to his being mentioned in dispathches and awarded a Distinguished Service Cross.

 

After the war, he transferred to Royal Canadian Navy and he finally promoted to Commender in 1962.