Brown, Harry

BROWN, Harry, aviator (dates not available). He was a bank clerk in VICTORIA when WWI began. He enlisted in the infantry and saw action at the front. Later he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, where he served as a fighter pilot; he was awarded the Military Cross for shooting down several enemy planes. After returning to BC, he took up stunt flying and on 18 May 1919 made the first flight between Victoria and Seattle, in a small 2-seater biplane. With Norman Goddard he founded Vancouver...

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