Chadwick, Arnold Jaques (Flight Commander)

Alfred Carter was born near Calgary and enlisted in December 1915 in Ontario. In 1916 he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and attended flight school in Florida. Serving with 3 Wing, in June 1917 he was posted to 3(N ) Squadron and claimed 5 victories flying the Sopwith Pup. In June 1917 he was transferred to 10(N) Squadron as a flight commander and he scored 4 more victories, now flying the Sopwith Triplane. By November 1918, he had scored another 8 victories with the Sopwith Camel. His war time tally totalled 11 downed enemy aircraft. After the war he worked for the Air Board until April 1922 Cenotaph at Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada FAG lists date of birth as 1893-08-23