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Arthur Roy Brown, DSC & Bar (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War, credited with ten aerial victories.
26 de may. de 2008 · Arthur Roy Brown, fighter pilot and ace, businessman, civil aviation pioneer (born 23 December 1893 in Carleton Place, Ontario ; died 9 March 1944 in Stouffville, Ontario). Brown is credited with killing Germany’s top First World War ace, Manfred von Richthofen, the famed “Red Baron.”
Arthur Roy Brown (1893-1944) achieved lasting fame during the First World War for being credited as the air ace who finally brought the 'Red Baron' - Manfred von Richthofen - to earth.
A Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force pilot and combat leader in the First World War, Roy Brown is inextricably linked to the demise of Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's highest scoring fighter pilot.
16 de nov. de 2009 · The flight drew the attention of an Allied squadron led by Canadian Air Force pilot Captain Arthur Roy Brown. As Richthofen pursued a plane piloted by Brown’s compatriot, Wilfred R. May,...
Intelligent but shy, Arthur Roy Brown loved to fly. After receiving an aviator's certificate on a Wright biplane at the Wright school, Dayton, Ohio on 13 November 1915, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service. He was almost killed when he crashed an Avro 504 during a training flight on 2 May 1916.
In August 1917 Roy Brown began flying the Sopwith Camel armed with its twin machine guns, and soon scored his second victory. Assigned to a combat flight in his squadron he shot down three more aircraft in quick succession, thus becoming an ace, a pilot with five or more victories.
