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Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (21 January 1920 – 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history.
Sep 17, 2023 · Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is the most decorated Navy pilot in history, a phenomenal talent who flew 487 types of aircraft and even interrogated the Beast of Belsen.
- The first jet aircraft landing on a carrier. Landing a plane on an aircraft carrier is notoriously difficult, thanks to the small size of the landing deck and lack of reference points in the landscape.
- Tested experimental Nazi planes. During the war, the Nazis developed a variety of experimental aircraft – including several powered by jets and one by a rocket.
- Survived the sinking of HMS Audacity. Brown was a member of the 802 squadron aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Audacity when the ship was torpedoed on 21 December 1941.
- A fluent German speaker who interrogated Himmler and Goering. In 1939, Brown was an exchange student at Schule Schloss Salem and became fluent in the German language.
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- He was at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, leading to a meeting with a German fighter ace. In 1936, Brown’s father took him to see the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, during which Brown witnessed Hitler shaking hands with Jesse Owens.
- He rode in a ‘wall of death’ stunt – with a real lion. Having been born in Leith, near Edinburgh, Brown went on to become a student at Edinburgh University studying modern languages – with an emphasis on German.
- He was a fluent German speaker, and interrogated Himmler and Göring. In 1939, Brown was an exchange student at Schule Schloss Salem and became fluent in German.
- His fellow pilots nicknamed him ‘Winkle’ Brown received his affectionate nickname ‘Winkle’ (short for ‘Periwinkle’) from his Royal Navy colleagues, due to his short stature of 5ft 7in.
Nov 14, 2014 · Pilot Eric "Winkle" Brown holds two of the most startling records from the world of flying. And that's just a part of his extraordinary life. Brown's exploits run through some of the most...
Feb 27, 2016 · Eric "Winkle" Brown was an experimental test pilot who flew 487 different types of aircraft, more than any pilot in history. He was also a British Royal Navy officer who landed more aircraft on carriers than anybody else in the world, a total of 2,407 landings.
Feb 22, 2016 · LONDON (AP) — Eric “Winkle” Brown, a British pilot who flew more kinds of aircraft than anyone in history and was the first person to land a jet on an aircraft carrier, has died. He was 97. Brown’s family said he died Sunday at a hospital in southern England after a short illness.
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