Arthur Roy Brown (Captain) DSC and bar RNAS (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944) was a Canadian World War I flying ace. The RAF credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron (now in dispute) Nine days after the combat with von Richthofen, Brown was admitted to hospital with influenza and nervous exhaustion. In June, he was posted to No. 2 School of Air Fighting as an instructor. Within days of arriving, on the morning of July 5th 1918, after taking off on a routine flight his engine died. With his Sopwith Camel C175 now heading for telegraph lines and trees, Brown made the decision to turn back to the aerodrome, after turning the plane it stalled and sideslipped into the ground. Browns friend* and fellow instructor Stearne Edwards, who witnessed the crash, ran to the spot and had to dislodge the camels engine which had flipped trapping Brown. The RAF station doctor thought Browns injuries so severe he would not survive, Edwards called in a consultant and had Brown sent to the local Hospital (presumably the cottage hospital on the High street, near the roundabout) and from there on to North Riding Infirmary and several more specialists for treatment. Brown spent 5 months in different hospitals. When the war was ended, Brown was still in hospital. * friend used in the Larry Grayson sense of the word, i suspect, after reading some of their letters.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:10:29 +0000
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