Here are some more images of Accurate Miniatures 1/32 scale
Sopwith Camel. This is the aircraft that was flown by Edmonton resident,
World War One ace Capt Arthur Roy Brown the man officially credited with
shooting down Manfred Von Richthofen aka the Red Baron, though recent
studies suggest that the Red Baron may have actually been killed by
Australian ground fire. What makes Capt Brown amazing is that he
never lost a single pilot under his command. The reason for this was his
training methods. One of his methods was that he would have new pilots
position themselves high above a dog fight to study and observe
maneuvers and tactics until he felt that they were ready to participate.
In 2000/2001 when the city of Edmonton were compiling their top 100
Edmontonians of the 20th century Capt Arthur Roy Brown wasn't even
mentioned. I guess fighting for King and country and keeping your pilots
safe doesn't really cut it with today's progressive elite, but I
digress. If you wish to know more on Capt Arthur Roy Brown you may do so
here .
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Sorry to disappoint you, but Roy Brown was born in Carleton Place (near Ottawa), and died in Stouffville Ontario at age 50.
There's a huge wall mural of the dogfight on the side of a building in Carleton Place, as well as a museum, and a recently added (2020) life-size bronze statue of Roy near the museum.
2 comments:
Sorry to disappoint you, but Roy Brown was born in Carleton Place (near Ottawa), and died in Stouffville Ontario at age 50.
There's a huge wall mural of the dogfight on the side of a building in Carleton Place, as well as a museum, and a recently added (2020) life-size bronze statue of Roy near the museum.
Cheers,
A frequent Carleton Place visitor.
Never said he was born in Edmonton. He did however did live in Edmonton for a few years. He met Wop May in Edmonton.
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