Brown, William Gordon

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-05-07

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

William and Nettie Elizabeth Brown

Home: Motherwell, Ontario.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

19 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Chorley book indicates he crashed during flying practice.News article states that he was shot down by a German aircraft.1918-04-20, posted to 19 Squadron. 1918-05-07 Killed in flying accident in Dolphin C3841.

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications
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The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada.Wikipedia

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