NARHFDr. Douglas Scott Carrie
Dr. Carrie enlisted in 1914 and spent the majority of the War doing motor transport duty with the Army. In the fall of 1917 he began flight training. He earned his wings in the spring of 1918 and entered the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C). He flew an Armstrong Woodworth aircraft and was one of 40 officers in Squadron 10 of the R.F.C. He also helped the British and Canadian troops learn the cartography of land they had yet to cross, by taking aerial photos of territory. In October 1918, he completed several tasks and objectives for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, a military decoration awarded for 'acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy'. Dr. Carrie was shot down only once and managed to escape with his Observer before the aircraft was totally destroyed by German troops. After the war he attended medical school and practiced medicine in St. Thomas between 1924 and 1963. During this time he was the Chief Surgeon at Memorial Hospital.
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