Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Britain's most extraordinary pilot

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🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It would be fair to say that Second World War pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown led an extraordinary life. He narrowly escaped death when his ship was torpedoed, smashed the world record for flying the most types of aircraft and had several unlikely encounters with the movers and shakers of his time. Speaking to Emily Briffett, historian and biographer Paul Beaver charts some of Brown's remarkable adventures and escapades. (Ad) Paul Beaver is the author of Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot (Michael Joseph, 2023). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fwinkle%2Fpaul-beaver%2F9780718186708 The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	It would be fair to say that Second World War pilot Eric Winkle Brown led an extraordinary life.
1:08.0	He narrowly escaped death when his ship was torpedoed, smashed flying world records and had several unlikely encounters with the
1:16.5	movers and shakers of his time.
1:19.5	Speaking to Emily Briffett, Paul Beaver, the author of a new biography of Brown, charts some of his astonishing
1:25.9	adventures and remarkable escapades.
1:29.0	So we are going to be talking all about your new book, Winkle, The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Greatest Pilot.
1:35.1	And this is all about Eric Brown.
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