Eric Brown is an outstanding individual who fought in WW2 with the Fleet Air Arm. He subsequently assisted with making the UK the foremost developer of fighter aircraft and air power technology. His achievements need to be recognised.  Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown Brown in front of a Blackburn Buccaneer
 – one of the record 487 different
types of aircraft he has flown.[1] Nickname(s) Winkle Born 21 January 1919 (age 95)
Leith​, Scotland Allegiance  United Kingdom Service/branch  Royal Navy Years of service 1939–1970 Rank Captain Battles/wars World War II

• •  Channel Front
• •  Battle of the Atlantic

Awards

• Distinguished Service Cross
• Air Force Cross

Other work

• Aviation consultant
• Author

On 3 December 1945, Brown became the first pilot to land on and (pictured) take-off from an aircraft carrier (HMS Ocean) in a jet aircraft. The aircraft he flew – the de Havilland Sea Vampire​ LZ551/G – is now preserved at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, Somerset.

Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, RN​, CBE​, DSC​, AFC​, Hon FRAeS (born 21 January 1919) is a British former Royal Navy officer and test pilot who, in testing 487 different types of aircraft, has flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in history.[1]​[2] He also holds the world record for most aircraft carrier landings performed (2,407)[1] and is the Fleet Air Arm's most decorated living pilot.[3]