On 31/05/2014 09:52, Mike Mackenzie wrote:
> Netko <Someone.not@this.address> wrote (in part):
>
>> On Fri, 30 May 2014 20:24:41 +0100, Syke wrote
>> (in article <4W4iv.175099$_h6.97317@fx19.am4>):
>>
>>> P-39 Airacobra.
>>
>> Thanks. I was put off the scent becasue I've never heard of the RN ever
>> showing interest in the P-39, far less trying it out on a carrier.
>>
>> Then again, it's Eric Brown we're talking about and he seems to have tried
>> out just about everything on a carrier.
>>
> In your BBC link he is called Captain Winkle Brown, and appears to be
> in RAF uniform. Is this the Eric Brown you refer to?
>
> Presumably his alleged rank is a BBC error.
>
Eric Brown is indeed an RN captain.
He might be wearing RAF uniform in the photo because he was a member of
the Edinburgh University Air Squadron before he joined the Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve.
The worst thing about the site is where it refers to him as an "infamous
RAF pilot".
I'm looking forward to the programme and wondering how many errors it
will contain.
--
Peter
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