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Gerry Holland
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Captain Eric (Winkle) Brown

Post by Gerry Holland » Sun Feb 21, 2016 6:51 pm

Sad news to today that Captain Eric (Winkle) Brown died today.
Yet another of that WW2 generation that we will never see the likes of again!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35626854
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Jim Hargrave
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Re: Captain Eric (Winkle) Brown

Post by Jim Hargrave » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:39 pm

Thank you Gerry for letting everyone outside the area know about this. I was aware of some of his exploits but never imagined just how great his achievements had been. A truly fantastic aviator, the likes of which our world will never see again. Blue skies.

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Re: Captain Eric (Winkle) Brown

Post by Ian Melville » Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:37 am

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Re: Captain Eric (Winkle) Brown

Post by Bob F » Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:27 pm

A programme about Captain Brown is on BBC2 (except Wales for some reason) Friday 26 Feb at 1900hrs. It's a repeat from a month or so ago. I had the pleasure of meeting him at a lecture he gave. What a pilot and what a gentleman. For those who know the adage about Bold Pilots and Old Pilots, he really was the exception.
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