Eric Winkle Brown's Lost Rare Interviews | The Greatest Test Pilot | Part 2

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[@tivvy-xf4kz]

This man deserves a biopic to be made. He has flown so many aircraft and had many "firsts" that his record will never be beaten.

[@erolbrown]

Erics' autobiography is superb. So many tales.

[@CA999]

He must have been quite fit throughout his whole life. His memory and speech is very good. We are very fortunate to have this recording made.

[@MrDonaldwilson]

Remember, he was a graduate who also spoke fluent German. I agree, however, that his memory seemed undiminished with age.

[@leoa4c]

These interviews are absolutely priceless. Many thanks for sharing.

[@Dronescapes]

Glad you like them!

[@JohnHannigan-wx8ng]

What a magnificent man Rip

[@josemarino4270]

Fascinating stories and Eric is a fantastic story teller. Love this film!

[@Dronescapes]

We agree!

[@sblack48]

This particular convoy passage from Gibraltar is famous. It was the first convoy, during a time when the uboats were having a field day, where the convoy arrived having sunk more uboats than the germans sank ships along with shooting down some FW condors. They sank 5 uboats which had never happened before. This was due to Walker’s leadership and tactics. He had been an anti submarine specialist long before the war and was getting his first chance to put his ideas into practice. They did lose Brown’s carrier, which was unfortunate, but Walker was still given a DSO and his reports to the admiralty were very carefully studied and his recommendations implemented. He stated that the big reason for his success was the presence of aircraft and the coordination with aircraft and the other ships of the escort. Yet another important bit of history that Brown found himself in the middle of.

[@johnmorris7815]

Do you know which carrier he was on? My father was a gunner on HMS Empress for a short time, although he didn’t speak much about his time during war he did often talk about Malta and the Grumman Martlet the uk name for the Wildcat.

[@sblack48]

@@johnmorris7815 Audacity

[@MarkClarke-q7j]

What a incredible human being. Possibly the best pilot of all time.! He even got to interrogate Herman Goering. He flew more differant kinds of aeroplane than any pilot in history.

[@sblack48]

@@MarkClarke-q7j and flew with Ernst Udet!

[@jrhartley6742]

Keep coming back to hearing his stories, the guy is fascinating, captivating with such clarity and detail, just the skills you need as a test pilot!

[@JohnHannigan-wx8ng]

I could listen to Captain Brown recount his experiences forever he is a legend and a magnificent recantour .

[@glennquagmire1747]

I have much respect for this man because of his history and experiences testing out planes from both side, he always give his honest opinion of the capabilities of various planes he has flown after the war.

[@ChrisM541]

There needs to be film of this legend's life.

[@fredthemagnificent]

I have nothing but for the greatest respect for this man, my own father was a Lancaster tail gunner, BUT listening to his ‘matter for fact’ explanation of the most horrendous exploits, sends shivers down my spine. No wonder these men returned home after the war broken and detached after what they had to do. Than you for sharing the video, always fascinating to listen to the people who were there and went through it. Ordinary people in extraordinary times.

[@AbbeySnooks]

What an extraordinary man. I wish I was as brave as him.

[@briancavanagh7048]

And lucky to have survived!

[@theonlymadmac4771]

Eric Brown is always interesting to listen to

[@fredthemagnificent]

You couldn’t make a movie of this man’s life. Absolutely no one would believe it. What an extraordinarily frank and unassuming man.

[@tonyfranks9551]

An amazing man....and pilot..

[@martinhogg5337]

A great man and a fantastic pilot!

[@ijm1963]

A truly Great Man.

[@ovi19794]

Real life Superman.

[@MUNKSTAR]

Phenomenal life.

[@alexanderlawson1649]

Fascinating, a man of exceptional ability and also a man who killed many others, from the other side. I am sure he was troubled by the death of his opponents, he was a man of honour, we can only give him respect.

[@graveneyshipright]

How pleased we should be that we had people like Capt Brown and his like, for without their like we would not have survive!

[@aleccrombie7923]

I never realised that the FW conder was so heavily armed. I assumed being an ex commercial that would be lightly armed as the airframe was not as robust as it should have been.

[@GymChess]

Not conder, condor.

[@petersmith7126]

It was relatively heavily armed but it's weakness was it's back often broke as it was never designed to be used as bomber or carry the load it did

[@Dave5843-d9m]

He seriously downplayed what he did with the Mosquito deck landing. In another video it was said the deck crew saw his wing tip cut through a wave top. He had to abort his first attempt. Yet again, Eric Brown “laughed” it off.

[@philipbrackpool-bk1bm]

Thank heavens someone had the idea to get this man on tape.

[@migmadmarine]

What is it about Scotsmen? I could listen to eric or jackie stewart all day long

[@tellyknessis6229]

Talking about Kursk and Stalin - he certainly knew his background stuff as well. Must have had a hell of a guardian angel as well... Or several!

[@john9972]

I think he would have preferred you show him in his Royal Navy uniform.

[@jayg1438]

As we attacked the submarine we felt the strength of the Lion. Even though our weapons were nearly worthless against our target we pressed on. The Bosch fired back at us and hit my tail gunner with a 20mm canon shot. My windscreen was riddled with small fire holes. I had caught shrapnel in my eye and cheek. It was quite troublesome. "Are you alright mate?" I calmly asked? "Seems we ran into it a bit of it back there" I said. "It's nothing" he replied while bleeding out profusely all over the cockpit. "Carry on" he said with a stiff upper lip. The Bosh had a lucky shot and hit his arm with canon fire. However, he remained nonplussed as the shot only blew off his arm below the elbow. That was of no special concern to us at the moment as 'there was a war on.' "By jove", I exclaimed as my tail gunner bled out... "Please do get that bleeding under control. It is making a mess of the windscreen", I exclaimed. He apologized for the inconvenience, and was able to wrap up what remained of his arm with whatever was available. "We will press on" I exclaimed, as I pressed on the attack. Upon landing I was quite upset. The interior of our aeroplane was quite filthy due to the encounter and my tail gunner's lack of decorum. Needless to say I refused to fly with that tail gunner again.

[@petefroehling8704]

is that a bubble canopy wildcat ?

[@neilcoligan8621]

I wondered that myself. Certainly looks to be.

[@terryschnaider5374]

Kool.

[@soultraveller5027]

U-boats were the Scourge on the high seas, against British merchant fleet bringing home vital supplies of food / war material keeping the UK in the fight against the Nazis they were a constant worry for Churchill heavy losses in the early years were staggering vital goods and shipping plus the brave merchant sailors that went down with the ships, it was a fight to the death no quarter or mercy should have been shown, to U-boats or crew , they were the same as a ememy sniper and everyone on both sides knew how to treat them it was a matter of course , had they won they would have starved Britain out of the war, Which ment no help from the Americans we had to win at all costs . Adolf Hitler kreigsmarine U-boats were the cream of the crop, commaderd by highly capable , dedicated captains professionals the best submariner's in the world , to others they were murdering wolfs, one mission to crush British resistance that could not be allowed as Eric winkle brown says, when a U-boat is caught on the surface you attack and kill everything in close vicinity hopefully the U-boat gets destroyed ,when caught on surface or under no mercy should have been shown the battle of the Atlantic was the only war Winston Churchill was concerned with.

[@johnstott1431]

A bit of US propaganda at the end. The British did far more with far less . Take the buccaneer and Vulcan that embarrassed the US defences in Red Flag exercise. The US aircraft that could not fight at altitude, until the P51, which had a similar Mach number as the British aircraft, got the British designed engine. Then the British Harrier, still used by the US, a clever design, that showed the way in 1982. The first aircraft to break the sound barrier was American, yes but made possible only by adopting the ideas shared by the British designers. Sadly lack of money has killed the British establishment now.

[@johngriffin9720]

Why are you STILL using a photo of Captain Brown RN in RAF uniform? don't rattle out your previous pathetic excuse

[@Dronescapes]

That is the photo of him in that uniform (that we colorized). Perhaps we will find one in RN uniform that we can colorize and update the photo. Would that make you happy?

[@Dronescapes]

Check it again now.