Daniel Murray Bayne Galbraith

Who was Daniel Murray Bayne Galbraith?

Captain Daniel Murray Bayne "N*gger" Galbraith was an early World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

Galbraith was the son of R. A. Galbraith. The younger Galbraith was a student at Saint Andrews College in Toronto when World War I started. Accompanied by his friends Roy Brown and Stearne Edwards he trained to fly at a private school in the United States. Galbraith earned Aero Club of America certificate no. 356 on 3 November 1915. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service and was stationed at Dover Seaplane Base on 29 May 1916. Shortly thereafter, on 12 June, he was sent to 1 Naval Wing. Three days later, while flying a Nieuport fighter, he flamed a German seaplane. He destroyed another on 28 September, before switching to the newly formed 8 Naval Squadron and its Sopwith Pups. He added four more wins in a month, from 22 October to 23 November 1916. He was withdrawn from combat for a rest on 1 December. After a spell as an instructor, he flew anti-submarine patrols in Italy in 1918.

He joined the Canadian Air Force after the war; however, he was killed in an auto accident on 29 March 1921.