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Winkle with Paul Beaver

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Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is widely regarded as the greatest pilot Britain has ever produced. Many of the tales Eric told have gone done in legend, but in researching his friend of 40 years, historian Paul Beaver found that the story of Eric’s birth holds many clues as to the man Eric would become and that this refines Eric’s remarkable story.

• You can follow Paul Beaver on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeaverWestminst
• You can buy a copy of Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot at The Damcasters Bookshop in the UK (10% of each purchase supports the pod) here https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780718186708
• Paul will be speaking about Winkle at the Chalke Valley History Festival on Wednesday, 28th June at 12:00. You can get your festival tickets at https://cvhf.org.uk/programme/tickets-pricing/

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