Eric brown pilot biography

On the occasion of the publication of his new biography of legendary test pilot and record holder, Captain Eric Melrose ‘Winkle’ Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, FRAeS, RN, author and historian PAUL BEAVER FRAeS gives an insight into the research of WINKLE – the Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot and separating fact from fiction.

Capt (then Lt Cdr) Eric 'Winkle' Brown (centre in dark overalls and lifejacket) after successfully landing a De Havilland Mosquito on the deck of HMS Indefatigable on 25 March 1944.

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The biographer’s task is not always simple nor is it straightforward. The biographer should be prepared to write a narrative which is ‘warts and all’ of a famous person and sometimes one to whom that biographer has been close for decades.

That can be tricky.

The Winkle biography has its gestation in 2009 at what we all thought was Captain Eric Brown’s 90th birthday. We discussed a biography, and I followed i