First to fly the Atlantic-the navigator\'s story in his own words Brown was a Scottish aviator, born in Glasgow in 1886.
After the war his association with the Vickers company resulted in the proposal that he should become navig.
He was shot down twice in action eventually being captured by the Germans.
Although he was initially commissioned in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War, he subsequently transferred to 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps as an observer.
First to fly the Atlantic-the navigator\'s story in his own words Brown was a Scottish aviator, born in Glasgow in 1886