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Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Celebrated British pilot dies, aged 97 (bbc.com)
53 points by RachelF on Feb 21, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



There is a documentary about his career available on Netflix, I believe it is this one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3785088/

Safe to say there will never be another guy with a career like that.


There's a good video on YouTube, too

BBC Britains Greatest Pilot The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown

https://youtu.be/LEe5ul37Q7g


His autobiography, "Wings on my Sleeve" is a very good read.


The Torygraph obituary is far better [1]. I don't have much love for the Telegraphy apart from their excellent obituaries - I can't get enough of obscure soldiers and landed gentry.

1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12167611/Captain-...


I agree. They discuss them on their obituaries podcasts where the military subjects are called "moustaches".

They occasionally bundle them up into books which are always worth a read (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Telegraph-Book-Military-Obitua...). I also have the military obituaries rss feed post into my Pocket account as well.

And it's not all landed gentry :-) :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12130614/Lt-Cdr-M...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12138486/Laurie-P...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12076247/Bruno-Lo...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11701557/Lady-Roz...


RIP, I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary someone kindly uploaded to youtube on his past, what a fascinating man, experience and history he has had.




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