Manzer, Roy Luther

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Manzer
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    • Captain Roy Manzer, DFC QC was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 12 official aerial victories. After his aerial military service, he returned to Canada and a long and distinguished legal and civic career.
    • On 24 October 1917, Manzer was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps.
    • He scored his first aerial victory as a pilot of Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a serial number D259 with No. 84 Squadron RAF. On 25 April 1918, he destroyed a German Albatros D.V east of Abancourt. Next to fall in ruins was a Fokker triplane, on 16 May 1918. On the 28th, he doubled up, driving one Albatros D.V down out of control over Warfusée and destroying another. Manzer knocked down the latter in a midair collision that smashed his opponent’s top wing with the SE.5s landing gear in an unusual maneuver. On 18 June, he switched to SE.5a number C8171 and destroyed another Triplane to become an ace.
    • After education at the University of Toronto, he articled with the law firm of Blackstock and Clow in Medicine Hat, Canada. By 1923, he had become one of the principal solicitors in the firm, which became Blackstock, Clow, and Manzer. He joined the bar in 1924, and became one of the partners of the legal firm of Manzer and Wooton in Victoria, British Columbia.
    • By 1940, he was also active in mining, as a director of Slade Placers Ltd. In 1944, he served as Registrar to the Diocese of British Columbia. From 1947 to 1949, he served as the unpaid Reeve to the District of Oak Bay, British Columbia.
    • At the time of his death, Roy Manzer had been honored with an appointment as a Queen’s Counsel.
    • Manzer was also a President of the Victoria Branch of UELAC.
  • Second Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=4986
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