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On 22/02/2016 00:00, gemil wrote:
>
>
> My Hero.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35626854
>
>
> Flew most German rocket/jet aircraft.
> Flew 487 different types of aircraft, a world record that is unlikely
> ever to be matched.
> Piloted 2,407 aircraft carrier landings
> Appointed MBE, OBE and CBE
> Survived 11 plane crashes and the sinking of HMS Audacity in 1941
> Was at the liberation of Bergen Belsen.
> Interrogated some of the leading Nazis after the war, including Heinrich
> Himmler, Hermann Goering and Belsen's chief guards Josef Kramer and Irma
> Grese ~~
> Dingo
>
In addition to all of his aviation achievements and records, Captain
Brown once sang with the Glenn Miller orchestra, and was complimented on
his voice by Glenn himself.
Regards
Paul
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