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Many of you will not know who Eric brown is/was but he is one of my personal heroes of aviation and a very distant relative of mine (My grandfathers second cousin) unfortunately i never got to meet him but my father did at my grandfathers funeral.
Q: Who was Eric Brown?
A: He was The uk navy's most decorated pilot and his official name was Capt Eric Brown MBE,OBE,CBE,DSC,AFC
Eric flew one of the most remarkable careers i have ever seen here are some of those incredible highlights:
He Really was an incredible Man and i am honoured to share a bloodline (if somewhat distant) With him Winkle as he was known world wide passed away in a hospital in Surrey at the age of 97.
Just thought id share the news.
Q: Who was Eric Brown?
A: He was The uk navy's most decorated pilot and his official name was Capt Eric Brown MBE,OBE,CBE,DSC,AFC
Eric flew one of the most remarkable careers i have ever seen here are some of those incredible highlights:
- held the world record for flying the greatest number of different types of aircraft - 487.
- During World War Two, Capt Brown, who was born in Leith in 1919, flew fighter aircraft and witnessed the liberation of Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
- "He also held three absolute Guinness World Records, including for the number of aircraft carrier deck landings and types of aeroplane flown."
- He had caught the bug for flying at the age of eight when his father, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War One, took him up in a bi-plane.
- Survived 11 plane crashes and the sinking of HMS Audacity in 1941
- Met Churchill and King George VI numerous times
- Interrogated some of the leading Nazis after the war, including Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goering and Belsen's chief guards Josef Kramer and Irma Grese
He Really was an incredible Man and i am honoured to share a bloodline (if somewhat distant) With him Winkle as he was known world wide passed away in a hospital in Surrey at the age of 97.
Just thought id share the news.
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