Albert Desbrisay Carter Albert Desbrisay Carter DSO & Bar ( 2 June 1892 – 22 May 1919 ) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 28 victories . Early life and career . Albert Desbrisay Carter was born in Point de Bute , New Brunswick . Carter originally joined the 13th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was commissioned in March 1911 . In May 1917 , although he already held the rather senior rank of major , he was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps Number 1 School of Military Aeronautics . On 7 July 1917 , he was remanded to Number 1 Training Squadron . Later that month he moved on to Number 20 Training Squadron . He finished his training with Number 56 Training Squadron in August . Service as a fighter pilot . On 1 October 1917 , Carter received an assignment to No . 19 Squadron , where he remained until war ' s end . On 31 October , he opened his career with an Albatros D . V destroyed and another German plane driven down out of battle . On 13 November 1917 he became an ace on the third of the six victories he would score that month . Also in November , he became a flight leader . By the end of the year , on 29 December , he would score his fifteenth and final triumph flying a SPAD . His next victories would not come for another two and a half months . He had an opportunity when he engaged enemy two - seaters , but was thwarted by a broken gunsight on his new Sopwith Dolphin . Then , on 15 March 1918 , he destroyed one Pfalz D . III and sent another one down out of control . He would score an even dozen times flying the Dolphin , with his final success falling in flames on 16 May 1918 . His final tally was 14 enemy driven down out of control and 14 destroyed . Seven of his victories were shared with other pilots . Twenty of his 28 victims were enemy fighters . On 18 March , Major Carter was shot down by German ace Lieutenant ( Leutnant ) Paul Billik . Carter fell behind German lines , survived the crash , and was captured . He finished his war in a prisoner of war camp . He received the Distinguished Service Order , while in prison , on 18 July . It was followed by the unprecedented bestowal of a Bar , equivalent to a second award , on 16 September 1918 . He was repatriated on 13 December 1918 . Post World War I . Carter then joined the Canadian Air Force and was posted to No . 123 Squadron . On 22 May 1919 , Carter was killed in a flying accident while test flying a Fokker D . VII ; the plane broke up under him . He was buried at Old Shoreham Cemetery , Shoreham , Sussex , England . Text of citations . Distinguished Service Order . " Maj . Albert Desbrisay Carter , Infy . , and R . F . C . For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty . He destroyed two enemy aeroplanes , drove down several others out of control , and on two occasions attacked enemy troops from a low altitude . He showed great keenness and dash as a patrol leader . " Bar to Distinguished Service Order . " Maj . Albert Desbrisay Carter , D . S . O . , New Brunswick R . , and R . A . F . For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a fighting pilot . In three and a half months he destroyed thirteen enemy machines . He showed the utmost determination , keenness and dash , and his various successful encounters , often against odds , make up a splendid record . Carter also received the Belgian Croix de Guerre .