Arthur Raymond Brooks (1 November 1895 – 17 July 1991) was an American World War I flying ace of the United States Army Air Service credited with shooting down multiple enemy aircraft.

Among his most prominent achievements was when he single-handedly took on a squadron of German-flown Fokker (Dutch make) planes officially downing 2 of them in one aerial battle piloting his SPAD XIII named Smith IV.

In March 1918, Brooks was transferred to France with the 139th Aero Squadron, where he flew the SPAD S.VII and shot down his first enemy aircraft on 29 July 1918.

Brooks' final SPAD, Smith IV, resides in the aircraft collection of the National Air and Space Museum On September 14, 1918, Brooks and five other SPAD S.XIIIs spotted three squadrons of Fokker D.VIIs, generally regarded as the best fighter of World War I.

A short burst from Brooks' Vickers machine guns shot the Fokker down in flames.

Brooks zoom climbed to evade an attack, but as his plane was pointed directly at the sky, his engine sputtered, his propellers stopping.

As he stalled and began to fall away, a Fokker made a strafing pass, shattering his windshield and hitting his right Vickers gun.

Brooks returned to the United States in July 1919 and was stationed at Kelly Field, Texas, where he was promoted to captain and assigned as the commander of the 1st Pursuit Group.

10, and worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch where he was responsible for surveying what would become the nation's first air routes.

He was also involved in numerous early flying clubs which were forming to encourage participation in aviation for both personal/pleasure and commercial purposes.

Even in his nineties, he enjoyed flying all sorts of aircraft, including ultralights, gliders and hot-air balloons.

An extensive collection of his diaries, correspondence and other papers is maintained by the National Aviation and Space Museum.

Additionally, there are examples of correspondence and autographed photographs from such aerospace notables as Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Billy Mitchell, Clayton Bissell, Reed Chambers and Michael Collins.

When his patrol was attacked by 12 enemy Fokkers over Mars-la-Tour, 8 miles within the enemy lines, Second Lieutenant Brooks alone fought bravely and relentlessly with eight of them, pursuing the fight from 5, 000 meters to within a few meters of the ground, and though his right rudder control was out and his plane riddled with bullets, he destroyed two Fokkers, one falling out of control and the other bursting into flames."