The lot, sold just below expectations at £140,000, included the Distinguished Service Cross, dated 1942, the Air Force Cross, dated 1947, a CBE awarded in 1970 and also images and ephemera including Brown’s flying log books from 1942 to his final flights for the Fleet Air Arm in 1970.
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In a career that spanned 30 years, ‘Winkle’ Brown (so-called due to his small stature) flew 487 different aircraft and held the world records for carrier deck landings (2407) and catapult launches (2721).