Roy Brown (RAF officer)

Roy Brown
Brown as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service
Nickname(s)Brownie
Born(1893-12-23)23 December 1893
Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
Died9 March 1944(1944-03-09) (aged 50)
Stouffville, Ontario, Canada
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Royal Air Force
Years of service1914–1918
RankCaptain
UnitNo. 9 Squadron RNAS
No. 209 Squadron RAF
Battles/wars
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross & Bar

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.[1] The Royal Air Force officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", although historians, doctors, and ballistics experts consider it all but certain that Richthofen was actually killed by a machine gunner firing from the ground.[2]

  1. ^ "Roy Brown". The Aerodrome. 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ Franks & Bennett (1997)

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