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| Name: | Raymond James Brownell | Country: | Australia | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 45 | Victories: | 12 | Born: | 17 May 1894 | Place of Birth: | Tasmania | Died: | 12 April 1974 | | Place of Death: | |
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| | One of 200 Australians recruited by the Royal Flying Corps 1916, Brownell served with an Australian artillery regiment in France and Gallipoli before his transfer to the RFC. He shot down five enemy aircraft over France before his squadron was sent to Italy in November 1917. When the war ended, Brownell joined the Royal Australian Air Force and was an Air Commodore when he retired. His autobiography, "From Khaki to Blue," was published in 1978. |
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