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Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, age... - 2/22/2016 1:57:52 AM

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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

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RE: Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies,... - 2/22/2016 3:23:50 AM

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You may have not read the thread already exist. Look at a hero passes/

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RE: Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies,... - 2/22/2016 4:55:55 PM

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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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