Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Brooks was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He graduated as valedictorian from Framingham Academy and High School in Massachusetts in 1913 and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1917. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Officer Reserve Corps and attended the School of Military Aeronautics with the Royal Flying Corps in Canada from September to November 1917. Brooks then trained with the Texas 139th Squadron from November 1917 to February 1918. In March 1918, Brooks was transferred to France, where he flew the SPAD XIII C.1 Smith IV, which now resides in the aircraft collection of the National Air and Space Museum. While in France he became flight commander of the 22nd Pursuit Group. His combat actions earned him a recommendation for the Medal of Honor. The U.S.Army, upon review of the action awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross. Ray Brooks was one of the pilots featured in the series Dogfights presented by The History Channel. Season 2, Episode 7 titled "The First Dogfighters" credited Brooks as one of a group of World War I fighter pilots who invented aerial dogfighting. He is the subject of a 1963 book entitled Capt.

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