Eric 'Winkle' Brown is very much alive. I have 'Wings on my Sleeve' moved house recently, got rid of a lot of Aviation books, and was going to do the same with this one. [I seldom read books more than once] I had the great good fortune to go to an after dinner talk by Eric Brown, and my book is autographed by the man. I have never met a more interesting flying person [John Farley is equal with him] , and he kept all of us, including our wives, mesmerised throughout his talk. I'm glad I kept the book. Agree with comments about the others, except I didn't find 'Chickenhawk' heavy going either. Geoff Wellum's 'First Light' lovely book, so different from the usual 'War Stories. Refreshing, that.