List of aircraft flown by Eric "Winkle" Brown
This is a list of the aircraft types flown by Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, RN. The list was compiled and verified by the Guinness Book of Records.[1]
The list includes only the main aircraft types, for example, Brown flew fourteen (14) different marks of Spitfire, but only the basic types are listed here.
A
- Aeronca Grasshopper
- Aerospatiale Alouette
- Aerospatiale Ecureuil
- Aerospatiale Twin Squirrel
- Agusta 109
- Aichi D3A
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Airspeed Envoy
- Airspeed Horsa
- Airspeed Oxford
- Arado Ar 96B
- Arado Ar 196A
- Arado Ar 199
- Arado Ar 232B [2]
- Arado Ar 234B - Blitz
- Arado Ar 240
- Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
- Auster Aiglet
- Avro Anson
- Avro Athena
- Avro Lancaster [3]
- Avro Lancastrian
- Avro Lincoln
- Avro Manchester
- Avro Shackleton
- Avro Tudor [4]
- Avro Tutor
- Avro York
B
- British Aircraft Swallow
- British Aerospace BAe 125
- British Aerospace BAe 146
- British Aerospace BAe Hawk
- Baynes Carrier Wing
- Beagle B.206
- Beagle Pup
- Beechcraft Baron
- Beechcraft Bonanza
- Beechcraft Super King Air
- Beechcraft Traveller
- Beechcraft Expediter
- Bell AH-1 Huey
- Bell 47
- Bell 204
- Bell 222
- Bell Airacobra [5]
- Bell Airacomet [6]
- Bell HTL-5
- Bell Jet Ranger
- Bell King Cobra [7]
- Bell Long Ranger
- Blackburn Beverley
- Blackburn Botha
- Blackburn/HSA Buccaneer [8]
- Blackburn Firebrand [9]
- Blackburn Firecrest
- Blackburn Roc [10]
- Blackburn Shark
- Blackburn Skua [10]
- Blohm & Voss 138 [11]
- Blohm & Voss 141B [12]
- Blohm & Voss 222 Wiking [13]
- Boeing Washington
- Boeing Fortress [14]
- Boeing Vertol Chinook
- Boulton Paul Defiant
- Boulton Paul P.108
- Boulton Paul Sea Balliol
- Brantly B-2
- Breguet Alizé
- Breguet Atlantic
- Brewster Buffalo [15]
- Bristol Beaufighter
- Bristol Beaufort
- Bristol Blenheim
- Bristol Bombay
- Bristol Brigand
- Bristol Britannia
- Bristol Buckingham
- Bristol Bulldog
- Bristol Freighter
- Bristol Sycamore
- Britten-Norman Islander
- Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann
- Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann
- Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister [16]
- Bücker Bü 180 Student
C
- CANT Z.1007
- Caproni Ca.309[17]
- Caproni Ca.311
- Caproni Ca.135
- Cessna 150
- Cessna 177 Cardinal
- Cessna Skymaster
- Cessna Skywagon - model not mentioned
- Chance-Vought F7U Cutlass [18]
- Chilton D.W.1
- Chrislea Ace
- Comper Swift
- Consolidated Catalina
- Consolidated Liberator
- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
- Convair CV-240-5
- Curtiss Commando
- Curtiss Helldiver [19]
- Curtiss Kittyhawk
- Curtiss Mohawk
- Curtiss Seamew
- Curtiss Tomahawk
D
- Dassault Étendard - Mark not mentioned
- Dassault Mirage
- Dassault Mystère
- de Havilland 86B
- de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
- de Havilland Comet
- de Havilland Devon
- de Havilland Don
- de Havilland Flamingo
- de Havilland Fox Moth
- de Havilland Gipsy Moth
- de Havilland Heron
- de Havilland Hornet Moth
- de Havilland Mosquito
- de Havilland Puss Moth
- de Havilland Dragon Rapide
- de Havilland Sea Hornet [20]
- de Havilland Sea Mosquito [21]
- de Havilland Sea Vampire [22]
- de Havilland Sea Venom [23]
- de Havilland Sea Vixen [23]
- de Havilland Swallow [24]
- de Havilland Tiger Moth
- de Havilland Vampire
- Dewoitine D.520
- DFS 230
- DFS Kranich
- DFS Weihe
- Dornier Do 17
- Dornier Do 18
- Dornier Do 24
- Dornier Do 26
- Dornier Do 27
- Dornier Do 217
- Dornier Do 335 Pfeil
- Douglas Boston [25]
- Douglas Dakota
- Douglas SBD Dauntless [26]
- Douglas TBD Devastator
- Douglas A-26 Invader
- Douglas Skymaster
- Douglas F3D Skyknight [27]
- Douglas Skyraider [23]
- Druine Turbulent
E
- Elliotts Newbury Eon
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
- English Electric Canberra
- English Electric Lightning
- Enstrom F-28
- Enstrom Shark
- ERCO Ercoupe [28]
F
- Fairchild Argus
- Fairchild Cornell
- Fairchild XNQ-1
- Fairey III.F
- Fairey Albacore [29]
- Fairey Barracuda [30]
- Fairey Battle
- Fairey Firefly [31]
- Fairey Fulmar [32]
- Fairey Gannet [33]
- Fairey Gordon
- Fairey Primer
- Fairey Spearfish [34]
- Fairey Swordfish [35]
- Fiat BR.20
- Fiat CR.32
- Fiat CR.42
- Fiat G.50
- Fieseler Fi 156 Storch [36]
- Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
- Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe
- Focke-Wulf Ta 152
- Focke-Wulf Ta 154 - Moskito
- Folland 43/37
- Fouga Magister
- Fournier Milan
G
- General Aircraft Cygnet
- General Aircraft Hamilcar
- General Aircraft Hotspur
- General Aircraft GAL.56 [37]
- Gloster E.28/39 [38]
- Gloster Gauntlet [39]
- Gloster Gladiator
- Gloster Javelin
- Gloster Meteor [40]
- Gloster Sea Meteor [41]
- Gotha Go 244
- Grumman Ag Cat
- Grumman Albatross
- Grumman Avenger [42]
- Grumman F8F Bearcat [43][44]
- Grumman F9F Cougar [45]
- Grumman Goose [46]
- Grumman AF Guardian [47]
- Grumman Hellcat
- Grumman F9F Panther [48]
- Grumman F7F Tigercat [49]
- Grumman Widgeon
- Grumman Wildcat [44]
H
- Handley Page Gugnunc
- Handley Page Halifax
- Handley Page Hampden [50]
- Handley Page Hastings
- Handley Page Hermes
- Handley Page Marathon
- Handley Page Sparrow
- Hawker Fury (biplane)
- Hawker Hart
- Hawker Hector
- Hawker Henley
- Hawker Hunter
- Hawker Hurricane [51]
- Hawker Nimrod
- Hawker Osprey
- Hawker P.1040 [52]
- Hawker P.1052 [53]
- Hawker Siddeley P.1127 - Harrier forerunner
- Hawker Sea Fury [54]
- Hawker Sea Hawk
- Hawker Siddeley HS 748
- Hawker Siddeley Gnat
- Hawker Tempest
- Hawker Typhoon
- Heinkel He 111
- Heinkel He 115
- Heinkel He 162 Spatz
- Heinkel He 177 Greif
- Heinkel He 219 Uhu
- Henschel Hs 123
- Henschel Hs 129
- Heston Phoenix
- Hiller HTE
- Hitachi T.2
- Horten H.IV [55]
- Hughes 300
- Hughes 500
- Hunting Percival Jet Provost
- Hunting Percival Provost
I
- Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik
- Ilyushin Il-4
J
- Jodel Ambassadeur
- Jodel Club
- Jodel Excellence - effectively the same aircraft as the Ambassadeur
- Jodel Grand Tourisme - effectively the same aircraft as the Mascaret
- Jodel Mascaret
- Jodel Mousqetaire
- Junkers Ju 52
- Junkers Ju 86
- Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
- Junkers Ju 188 [56]
- Junkers Ju 290 [57]
- Junkers Ju 352
- Junkers Ju 388
K
L
- Lavochkin La-7
- Le Vier Cosmic Wind
- Ling-Temco-Vought F-8 Crusader
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed Electra - Model not mentioned
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed Hudson
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning [58]
- Lockheed P2V Neptune
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
- Lockheed Ventura
- Luton Minor
M
- Macchi C.202
- Macchi C.205
- Martin-Baker MB 5 [59]
- Martin Baltimore
- Martin Marauder [60]
- MBB Bo 105
- McDonnell F2H Banshee
- McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (F4-K and FGA-1 Variants) [61]
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Messerschmitt Bf 110
- Messerschmitt Me 163A & B Komet - Me 163B flown under power[62]
- Messerschmitt Me 262
- Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse [63]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
- Mil Mi-1
- Mil Mi-2
- Mil Mi-4
- Miles M.18
- Miles M.20 [64]
- Miles M.28
- Miles M.38 Messenger
- Miles M.48
- Miles Aerovan
- Miles Falcon [65]
- Miles Gemini
- Miles Hawk
- Miles Hobby
- Miles Libellula [66]
- Miles Magister
- Miles Martinet
- Miles Master
- Miles Mentor
- Miles Mohawk
- Miles Monarch
- Miles Monitor
- Miles Sparrowhawk
- Mitsubishi G4M (Betty)
- Mitsubishi Ki-46 (Dinah)
- Mitsubishi A6M (Zero or Zeke) [67]
- Mooney M20
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
- Morane-Saulnier Paris
- Morane-Saulnier Rallye
- Muntz Youngman-Baynes
N
- N.S.F.K. SG 38
- Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank)
- Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar)
- Noorduyn Norseman
- Nord N.262A
- Nord Noralpha
- Nord Pingouin
- North American Harvard
- North American Mitchell
- North American Mustang [68]
- North American Sabre [69](& FJ-2 Fury Naval Version) [70]
- North American AJ Savage [71]
- North American F-100 Super Sabre
- North American T-6 Texan
- Northrop Gamma Commercial
- Northrop P-61 Black Widow [72]
- Northrop F-5
O
P
- Percival Gull
- Percival Pembroke
- Percival Prentice
- Percival Proctor
- Percival Q6
- Percival Vega Gull
- Petlyakov Pe-2
- Piaggio P.136
- Piaggio P.166
- Piasecki Retriever
- Piel Emeraude
- Pilatus Porter
- Piper Apache
- Piper Aztec
- Piper Comanche
- Piper Cub
- Piper Cub Special 90
- Piper Grasshopper
- Piper Navajo
- Piper Pawnee
- Piper Seneca
- Piper Supercruiser
- Piper Tripacer
- Piper Cherokee
- Pitts Special
- Polikarpov I-15
- Polikarpov I-16
- Portsmouth Aerocar Major
R
- Reggiane Re.2000
- Reggiane Re.2001
- Reid & Sigrist Desford [73]
- Republic Seabee
- Republic P-43 Lancer
- Republic Thunderbolt
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet
- Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
- Robin Royale
- Robinson R22
- Rollason Condor
- Ryan Fireball
S
- Saab 21
- Saab 29 Tunnan
- Saab 32 Lansen
- Saab 91 Safir
- Saab 105
- Saro P.531
- Saunders-Roe Skeeter
- Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 [74]
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 - Sparviero
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.82
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.95
- Scheibe Motorspatz
- Schmetz Olympia-Meise
- Schneider Baby Grunau
- Scottish Aviation Bulldog
- Scottish Aviation Pioneer
- Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
- Short S.31 - ½-scale flying test version of Stirling [75]
- Short Sealand
- Short SC.7 Skyvan
- Short Stirling
- Short Sturgeon [76]
- SIAI-Marchetti S.F.260
- Siebel Si 204[citation needed]
- Sikorsky HRS
- Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly - first helicopter flown by Brown, learned to fly it from aircraft manual.[77][78]
- Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
- Sikorsky S-58T
- Sikorsky S-61
- Sikorsky S-76
- Sipa S.903
- Slingsby Capstan
- Slingsby Kirby Cadet
- Slingsby Motor Tutor
- Slingsby Prefect
- Slingsby Swallow
- Slingsby T.21
- Slingsby T.31
- Socata Diplomate
- Stampe et Vertongen SV.4
- Stearman Kaydet
- Stinson Junior R
- Stinson Reliant
- Stinson Sentinel
- Sud-Aviation Djinn
- Supermarine Attacker [79]
- Supermarine S.24/37 Dumbo [80]
- Supermarine Scimitar [81]
- Supermarine Sea Otter
- Supermarine Seafang [82]
- Supermarine Seafire [83]
- Supermarine Seagull [84]
- Supermarine Spiteful
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Supermarine Walrus
- SZD Bocian
T
- Taylorcraft Auster
- Taylor J.T.1 Monoplane
- Taylor J.T.2 Titch
- Thruxton Jackaroo
- Tipsy Nipper III
- Tipsy S.2
- Tipsy Trainer
- Tipsy Type B
V
- Vertol 107
- Vickers Valiant
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viking (airliner)
- Vickers Viscount
- Vickers Warwick
- Vickers Wellington VI[85]
- Vickers Windsor [86]
- Vought F4U Corsair [87]
- Vought-Sikorsky Chesapeake [88]
- Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher
- Vultee Vengeance [89]
W
- Waco CG-3
- Waco Hadrian
- Westland Aérospatiale Gazelle
- Westland Aerospatiale Lynx
- Westland Lysander
- Westland Sikorsky Dragonfly
- Westland Sikorsky Whirlwind (helicopter)
- Westland Wasp
- Westland Welkin [90]
- Westland Wessex
- Westland Whirlwind (fighter) [91]
- Westland Wyvern (Eagle engine) [92] [23]
- Winter Zaunkönig - Wren [93]
Y
Z
Notes
- ^ Wings on my Sleeve p. 265-268
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 1
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 2
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 3
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 4
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 1
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 5
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 30
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 12
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 6
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 7
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 8
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 2
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 3
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 9
- ^ misspelt as Caprioni in reference
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 19
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 9
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 11
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 10
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 12
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 14
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 4
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 20
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 21
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 15
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 3
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 11
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 13
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 4
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 5
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 16
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 1
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 17
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 18
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 19
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 20
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 21
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 21
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 10
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 22
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 6
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 9
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 24
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 18
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 23
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 7
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 7
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 8
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 25
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 24
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 26
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 10
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 11
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 12
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 27
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 13
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 31
- ^ Wings on my Sleeve p. 105-106
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 14
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 28
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 30
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 1, chap. 29
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 15
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 16
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 17
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 25
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 18
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 19
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 20
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 21
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 22
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 23
- ^ Wings on my Sleeve p. 91-92
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 24
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 25
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 26
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 28
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 27
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 16
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 28
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 29
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 30
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 15
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Navy, chap. 8
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 31
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 32
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 33
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 34
- ^ Brown, Wings of the Weird & Wonderful, Vol 2, chap. 35
References
- Brown, Capt. Eric (1983). Wings of the Weird & Wonderful. Vol. 1. Airlife. ISBN 0-906393-30-2.
- — (1985). Wings of the Weird & Wonderful. Vol. 2. Airlife. ISBN 0-906393-44-2.
- — (2006). Wings on my Sleeve. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-84565-2.
- — (2013). Wings of the Navy. Hikoki Publications. ISBN 978-1-902109-32-9.