Comments on: Captain Eric Brown

By: Glenn Melrose-Brown

Glenn Melrose-Brown — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:57:07 +0000

I am the son of Capt. Eric (Melrose) Brown, as referred to in “Wings on my Sleeve”. At this point I wish to remain anomous, having just found this site. #1 – yes of course I could provide pictures of him. #2 Yes of course he flew a fuelled ME 163, it was from Germany back to the UK and there were several over test flights. If you need to contact me for further details or authentication you have my e-mail address, please not in the public domain. By the way he is still very active. I celebrated his 90th birthday with him in January and have a wonderful picture of us on the London Eye.

By: Caroline Sheen

Caroline Sheen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:25:25 +0000

If anyone can suggest where I might find a good photo of Capt Brown please email me at csheen@si.edu

By: Caroline Sheen

Caroline Sheen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:24:15 +0000

I am the photo editor at Air and Space magazine and am looking for a good photo of Capt Eric Brown.
Can anyone help??

By: leo motshagen

leo motshagen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:38:27 +0000

The Me 163 was not the flying bomb, that was the V1, but it was a rocketplane.

By: Gene Mayeda

Gene Mayeda — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:41:25 +0000

Hi Janet!
Capt. Brown, in my opinion, is an awesome story teller. He has lived an amazing life and you are lucky to be able to meet him in person. Several of his books are still in print. Please ask him why he didn’t write about his powered flight in the Me 163 in his book “Wings of the Luftwaffe” (1977). BTW this book is still in print as a paperback edition. It is my favorite of all his books. Thanks.
-Gene

By: Janet Norman

Janet Norman — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:16:17 +0000

I am publicity secretary of our aviation society and we have Captain Brown as this month’s guest speaker. So I have to get clued up on the subject. I can hardly grasp the depth of knowledge this gentleman has acquired over a lifetime of flying. Really loking forward to meeting him. I have spoken to him on the phone – lovely speaking tone.

By: Gene Mayeda

Gene Mayeda — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:34:04 +0000

Thanks Rico!
So what was the reason for not mentioning that in his book? Would he have gotten in trouble in 1977?

By: Rico

Rico — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:52:35 +0000

Yesterday Capt. Brown gave a compelling presentation of his work after WW2 at the university of applied sciences in Hamburg. And he told us that he flew a fully fueled Me 163.

By: Gene Mayeda

Gene Mayeda — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:40:15 +0000

Hi!
I reread the chapter about the Me 163 in Capt. Brown’s 1977 “Wings of the Luftwaffe”. In it he only describes flying the Me163 in unpowered gliding tests.
In his interview for Secrets of the Dead he says he flew a powered, fully fueled Me 163 (unauthorized test flight). Which is the truth?