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"The World's Greatest Pilot" Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown RN Has Passed Away.

Article about: It's with great sadness I heard today that Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown RN, WWII naval fighter ace, test pilot, and much else has passed away aged 97. ?World?s greatest? aviator Eri

  1. 02-22-2016, 12:38 AM #11
    HistoryMan
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    Sad day indeed, an amazing man and Great Briton !!! RIP

    This is a very good BBC documentary about him

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szten4iypCM
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  2. 02-22-2016, 10:56 PM #12
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    Bloody sad news, RIP Eric!.....
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  3. 02-22-2016, 11:14 PM #13
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    Quote by paulscoot View Post
    A true hero in every sense of the word, Unfortunatley I don't think we will ever see men of his calibre ever again 'Regards,Paul
    Indeed, in those days we had brave talented young men like Eric, now our country seems proud of young men like Joey Essex and similar non entities...
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