Background
The son of David and Martha Carter, Alfred Carter was born near Calgary and enlisted in December 1915 in Ontario, where he had been a University student.
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Alfred Carter
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Education
In 1916 he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and attended flight school in Florida.
Career
Serving with 3 Wing, in June 1917 he was posted to Number. 3 Naval Squadron and claimed 5 victories flying the Sopwith Pup. In June 1917 he was transferred to Number.
10 Naval Squadron as a flight commander and he scored 4 more victories, now flying the Sopwith Triplane.
By November 1918, he had scored another 8 victories with the Sopwith Camel. His war time tally included 1 balloon, 1 aircraft captured, 4 and 1 shared destroyed, 9 and 1 shared "out of control".
After the war he worked for the Air Board until April 1922 and in 1923 he owned and operated an automobile dealership in Victoria, British Columbia. He rejoined the Royal Air Force and served until 1953, becoming an Air Marshal and winning the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died on 17 December 1986.
