Originally Posted by
The Flying Stool
Are you sure it was Eric Winkle Brown? He wasn't born until 1920 so would have only been 17-18 at this point. His autobiography (Wings in My Sleeve) states he was a student in Germany at this point and hadn't really started flying until 1940 when he joined the Royal Navy.
His Wikipedia can be found here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)
It's worth reading the below which contains some surprising (shocking) information. Note Wings on My Sleeve was ghostwritten and contained some propaganda. Also some aspects Of Eric Brown's life were withheld until after he died & maybe some claims could be attributed to 'misremembering'.
BOOK review