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| Name: | Arthur Raymond "Ray" Brooks | Country: | United States | Rank: | Captain | Service: | United States Air Service | Squadrons: | 22nd Aero, 139th Aero | Victories: | 6 | Born: | 1 November 1895 | Place of Birth: | Framingham, Massachusetts | Died: | 17 July 1991 | Place of Death: | Summit, New Jersey |
| | | | A graduate of MIT, Brooks joined the USAS in September 1917. A year later, his actions in combat earned him a recommendation for the Medal of Honor. Instead, he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). Prior to his death in 1991, he was thought to be the last surviving American ace of World War I. |
| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
| "For extraordinary heroism in action over Mars la Tour, France, 14 September 1918. Lt. Brooks, when his patrol was attacked by twelve enemy Fokkers, eight miles within the enemy lines, alone fought bravely and relentlessly with eight of them, pursuing the fight from 5,000 meters to within a few meters of the ground, and though his right rudder control was out and his plane riddled with bullets, he destroyed two Fokkers, one falling out of control, and the other bursting into flames." DSC citation |
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