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On 24/02/2016 07:26, PVK wrote:
> 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
Incredible, a man of so many talents! I can't even sing, let alone pilot
an aircraft.
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