Sydney MacGillvary Brown
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Sydney MacGillvary Brown
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Sydney M. Brown in 1918
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Born | Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA |
10 August 1895
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Allegiance | United Kingdom United States |
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Royal Air Force United States Navy |
Years of service | 1917–1918 1942–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant (RAF) Lieutenant-Commander (USN) |
Unit | No. 29 Squadron RAF |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross Croix de Guerre (France) |
Other work | Author and professor of medieval history |
Sydney MacGillvary Brown DFC (10 August 1895 – 7 April 1952) was an American World War I flying ace, who later became an author and professor of medieval history.[1]
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Biography
Brown was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he was member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.[2] He graduated in 1916, delivering an address at the commencement ceremony.[3]
World War I
Brown joined the Royal Flying Corps in July 1917,[4] and was appointed a temporary second lieutenant (on probation) on 12 January 1918.[1] On 4 July 1918, he was assigned to No. 29 Squadron, flying the SE.5a. He destroyed a Fokker D.VII on 12 August 1918, a DFW reconnaissance plane on the 19th, another Fokker D.VII on 28 September, an observation balloon on 27 October 1918, and a third D.VII on the 28th.[4] In February 1919 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. His citation read:
Second Lieutenant Sydney MacGillvary Brown.
- On 28 October, when on offensive patrol, this officer, in company with three other machines, attacked nine Fokkers; three of the latter were destroyed, 2nd Lieut. Brown accounting for one. In addition, he has three hostile aircraft and one balloon to his credit. He is a fearless and intrepid officer.[5]
Later career
Brown returned to his academic career after the war, attending Oxford University.[1] In 1922 he was appointed Assistant Professor of History and Political Science at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,[6] where he taught for the next twenty years.[2] Brown was awarded a Master of Arts degree by Oxford in 1927, and received his Ph.D in 1937.[7]
During World War II Brown served in the United States Navy Reserve as an aerial navigation officer[1] in Britain and Italy,[2] with the rank of lieutenant-commander.[1]
In 1947 he was appointed an associate professor of medieval history at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He died on 7 April 1952 at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.[1]
Publications
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See also
References
- Notes
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shores et.al. (1997), p.90.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31170. p. 2036. 7 February 1919.
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- Bibliography
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External links
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