Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, aged 97

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Recognition -> Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, aged 97 (2/22/2016 1:57:52 AM)
Flew 487 different types of aircraft, a world record that is unlikely ever to be matched Piloted 2,407 aircraft carrier landings Appointed MBE, OBE and CBE Survived 11 plane crashes and the sinking of HMS Audacity in 1941 Met Churchill and King George VI numerous times Was at the liberation of Bergen Belsen Interrogated some of the leading Nazis after the war, including Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goering and Belsen's chief guards Josef Kramer and Irma Grese http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-35626854 Story of Captain Winkle Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szten4iypCM

Zap -> RE: Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, aged 97 (2/22/2016 3:23:50 AM)
You may have not read the thread already exist. Look at a hero passes/

wings7 -> RE: Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, aged 97 (2/22/2016 4:55:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rush Flew 487 different types of aircraft, a world record that is unlikely ever to be matched Piloted 2,407 aircraft carrier landings Appointed MBE, OBE and CBE Survived 11 plane crashes and the sinking of HMS Audacity in 1941 Met Churchill and King George VI numerous times Was at the liberation of Bergen Belsen Interrogated some of the leading Nazis after the war, including Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goering and Belsen's chief guards Josef Kramer and Irma Grese http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-35626854 Story of Captain Winkle Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szten4iypCM Thanks Martin for the remarkable story, great film clips and photos on You Tube! Truly a great hero...RIP Eric! Patrick

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