December 23rd 1893 \u2013 March 9th 1944<\/span><\/p>\n Member of:<\/p>\n St. John’s Lodge #63<\/a> Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n Canadian World War I flying ace.The Royal Air Force<\/a> officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen<\/a>, the “Red Baron”. What is less well known is that Brown never lost a pilot in his flight during combat, a rare distinction for an air unit commander of that war. This was due largely to his demands for a “breaking in” period in which new pilots flew over the fights just to see how they worked.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/famous-Mason-Roy-Brown.jpg” alt=”Famous Freemason Roy Brown” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother Roy Brown December 23rd 1893 \u2013 March 9th 1944 Member of: St. John’s Lodge #63 Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada Canadian World War I flying ace.The Royal Air Force officially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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