Captain A. Roy Brown, D.S.C. / Capitaine A. Roy Brown, D.S.C.

Arthur Roy Brown, born at Carleton Place, qualified as a civilian pilot in 1915 and was commissioned in the Royal Naval Air Service. During the vicious air fighting of 1917–18, he was credited with at least 12 enemy planes and earned the Distinguished Service Cross and Bar. Brown was officially awarded victory in aerial combat over Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the First World War's leading fighter pilot and a German national hero, although Australian ground gunners contested that claim. After overcoming severe war injuries, he returned to civilian life and later organized an air transport company serving Northern Ontario and Québec.

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