Brown wrote several books about his experiences, including ones describing the flight characteristics of the various aircraft he flew and an autobiography, Wings on My Sleeve, first published in 1961 and considerably up-dated in later editions. Other books were 'Wings of the Luftwaffe', 'Wings of the Weird and Wonderful' and 'Miles M.52' (with Dennis Bancroft). He was also the author of dozens of articles in aviation magazines and journals. [61] Audacity was torpedoed and sunk on 21 December 1941 by the German submarine U-751, commanded by Gerhard Bigalk. [13] The first rescue ship left because of warnings of a nearby U-boat, and Brown was left in the sea overnight with a dwindling band of survivors, until he was rescued the next day. [4] He was the one of two of the 24 to survive the hypothermia; the rest succumbed to the cold. [14] Of the complement of 480, 407 survived, [ citation needed]

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Evelyn, “Lynn”, whom he married in 1942, died in 1998. He is survived by their son, Glenn, and by his partner, Jean. If the Ministry of Supply had proceeded with Ralph Smith's V2-based Megaroc sub-orbital manned spacecraft, Brown would also have been the leading candidate for its projected 1949 first manned spaceflight. [40] The Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries. Vol.3. 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2005. The training was in preparation for the Allied invasion's amphibious operations against Salerno, Sicily. If the landings had been a failure, the squadrons would have had to be evacuated by carrier. Captain Eric Brown discusses (episode 40 on Astrotalkuk.org) his private meeting with Yuri Gagarin in London on 13 July 1961.The book starts with a brief reference to his early life and after a brief description of life before the war we are taken into an endless "listing" of his flying experiences.

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From 1951 to 1952 Brown was resident British test pilot at the US Navy’s air test centre at Patuxent River in Maryland. In the late 50s he helped re-establish the West German navy’s air arm and he concluded his service as commanding officer of the RN station at Lossiemouth, in Morayshire (1967-70). His many honours included a DSC (1942), MBE (1944), OBE (1945) and an Edinburgh University honorary PhD (2007). His nine books include Duels in the Sky (1989) and Testing for Combat (1994). The vice-president of the European Helicopter Association – he had first seen Reitsch flying one in 1938 – Brown continued to lecture and write into his 90s. Eric 'Winkle' Brown: The man who seemed not to notice danger". Bbc.co.uk. 14 November 2014 . Retrieved 21 February 2016. a b "Guild News" (PDF). Gapan.org. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012 . Retrieved 14 November 2014.Former BBC space correspondent Reg Turnill interviews Eric Brown in 2008". Planet Labs. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011 . Retrieved 14 November 2014. Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, second right, with other pilots at Farnborough, Hampshire. Photograph: BBC/Eric Brown

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Brown flight-tested all three of the German jet designs to see front-line action in the war: the Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalbe and the Arado Ar 234B Blitz, each type powered by twin Junkers Jumo 004 engines, and the single-engined BMW 003-powered Heinkel He 162A Spatz turbojet combat aircraft. [32] He would later fly the He 162A at the Farnborough Air Show, and described it as having the best controls of any aircraft he had ever flown but as being difficult to handle. [33] One of his colleagues at Farnborough died trying the aircraft type in an evaluation. [34] List of Articles and publications by Eric Brown via https://web.archive.org/web/20110110021804/http://www.theaviationindex.com/To me it was the most exciting thing on the horizon, a totally new experience. I remember watching the ground crew very carefully before take-off, wondering if they thought they were waving goodbye to me forever or whether they thought this thing was going to return. The noise it made was absolutely thunderous and it was like being in charge of a runaway train; everything changed so rapidly and I really had to have my wits about me. [31] Wings of the Navy: Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-995-5. Ailes, Emma (23 April 2013). "Captain 'Winkle' Brown: Is he the greatest pilot ever?". BBC News Scotland . Retrieved 24 February 2016. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Brown was one of few pilots to successfully fly one of these, having signed a disclaimer for the German ground crew. [63] guess the finest would have to be receiving my wings. A lot of training leading up to there: eleven months at Centralia and receiving my pilot's wings with my mom and dad present for the graduation. That was my finest.