A great man, and a very important aviator. RIP and my best to his family.
Claus
"RiŠardo" skrev i meddelelsen
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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
There's an excellent obituary of "Winkle" he
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-obituary.html
A giant of a man.
RiŠardo
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