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Arthur Roy Brown [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1916-1918.

Reference:

R2183-0-7-E, MG30-E378

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101948

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Arthur Roy Brown
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Date(s):

1916-1918.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the World War I flying logbooks of Arthur Roy Brown, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Brown, Arthur Roy, 1893-1944

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Grande-Bretagne. Royal Air Force

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Brown, Arthur Roy, 1893-1944 : Arthur Roy Brown, born in 1893 at Carleton Place, enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service, and was commissioned as a flight sub-lieutenant in 1915. He served with the No. 9, 3 and 11 Squadrons, ending the war as a captain, having earned two Distinguished Service Crosses, and having achieved thirteen victories. He is credited with shooting down the "Red Baron", Captain Manfred von Richthoven, on 21 April 1918.

After the war, he engaged in business, was the director of several companies, and formed an airtransport company to serve mining regions in northern Ontario and Quebec.

See also: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.

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General note:

Received in 1982 from the Canadian War Museum.
Subject heading:

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force

Journaux de bord

Logbooks

Fighter pilots Canada

Pilotes de chasse Canada
Source:

Private

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MG30-E378
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