The Pilot With More Lives Than A Cat’s Home
I watched the documentary entitled Britain’s Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown on BBC2 last night.
The title says his story has been extraordinary and never a truer use has been made of the word. His Wikipedia entry reads like something penned by W E Johns.
He flew a total of 487 different aircraft types and made a record of no less than 2047 landings on aircraft carriers.
If his flying exploits weren’t enough, as he was a fluent German speaker, he interrogated some of the worst Nazi war criminals.
In the documentary last night he was still bright as a button at ninety-five.
If ever there was a program that everybody should see, then this is the one. This link is to the copy on iPlayer.
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June 2, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | World | Aircraft, Flying, Second World War
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