Background
Albert Desbrisay Carter was born in Point de Bute, New Brunswick.
Albert Desbrisay Carter was born in Point de Bute, New Brunswick.
He finished his training with Number 56 Training Squadron in August.
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.
On 1 October 1917, Carter received an assignment to Number. 19 Squadron, where he remained until war"s education
On 31 October, he opened his career with an Albatros Doctorate.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 newSopwith Dolphin. Then, on 15 March 1918, he destroyed one Pfalz Doctorate.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. lieutenant 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.
Carter then joined the Canadian Air Force and was posted to Number.
123 Squadron. On 22 May 1919, Carter was killed in a flying accident while test flying a Fokker Doctorate.VII. The plane broke up under him.
He was buried at Old Shoreham Cemetery, Shoreham, Sussex, England.