Brown in Film and Fiction
He was portrayed by Don Stroud in the 1971 film Von Richthofen and Brown.
In the 2008 film The Red Baron, British actor Joseph Fiennes plays a character based on Captain Brown. The film has little if any connection with historical events - for example Brown is depicted as having been shot down by Richthofen in 1916 and subsequently escaping from a German POW camp. There is also a later scene in which Brown and Richthofen crash in no man's land and share a friendly drink. Although the film states that it is unknown who killed Richthofen, it is implied that Brown was responsible.
Arrowdreams, an Aurora Award-winning anthology of alternate history short stories involving Canada, includes "Misfire", a story by Shane Simmons in which Brown wounds rather than kills Richthofen. Richthofen survives World War I and eventually commands the Luftwaffe in World War II, displacing Hermann Göring, and leading them to an unqualified victory in the Battle of Britain.
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