Lieutenant Charles Duncan Bremner GreenDFC (August 14, 1897 – October 3, 1941) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 11 aerial victories. Postwar, he went on to success in business until World War II. After rejoining military life, he again served until his untimely accidental death.
Early life
Charles Duncan Bremner Green was the son of Charles and Annie Henderson Green. He was born at sea while his parents were en route to Australia.[1]
When 47 Squadron's fighter flights were incorporated into forming the newly 150 Squadron, Green went with them. On May 6, he began a string of ten triumphs with his new squadron by driving down a DFW reconnaissance foe. He accrued victories one or two at a time until July 18, 1918. By then, he had destroyed six enemy planes, including the one shared with Bell and another shared with Acheson Goulding. He had also driven down five other opponents out of control.[2]
Post World War I
Green was finally awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross on January 1, 1919.[4]
After his return to Toronto, he married Marion Wilton Baillie, age 22, on June 9, 1923.[1] They had three children: Bremner, Donald, and Elizabeth. He began work as a broker for Amelius Jarvis and Company, and continued with this company until 1939.[5]
In the autumn of 1941, he went to hospital for treatment of an old wound. While being treated, he toppled off the hospital's balcony to his death on October 3, 1941. He died without a will, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.[5][6][7]
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