Captain Arthur Roy Brown of Carleton Place, Ontario was a flying ace that has been credited with killing German fighter pilot Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, widely known as the “Red Baron.” Eleven victories to his name, the flight commander with 209 Squadron survived a serious flying accident in July 1918. In 1919 he left the Royal Air Force and returned to Canada where he founded a small airline and worked as an editor for Canadian Aviation.

He died March 9, 1944 from a heart attack.

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