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Re: Well done Channel 5.....Ken Brown
Posted by Lee on Thu Oct 31, 2002 11:15:09 AM
In reply top Well done Channel 5..... posted by Tony on Tue Oct 29, 2002 06:21:07 PM
Tony/Paul
Do you have any clues on when it might be on the tele here in the US or Canada? Ken Brown is a wonderful fellow, he has been helping me put together the story of him buying SPitfire TZ-138/CF-GMZ and racing it in Cleveland in Sept 1949. Funny enough the Cdn that bought this aircraft from "Tiger" keeps her in a hanger not far from Ken's home in White Rock, BC.
He hadnt seen this aircraft for over 50 years after his partner sold it illegally to a US pilot in Sept, '49. Glad to see her he mentioned in a phone a while back. Ken was in poor health due to stress, he appeared in the NFB doc "The Valor and the Horror: Death by Moonlight" It got some damming {x-cuse the pun} reviews, basically making all bomber pilots look like baby killers as one of my profs called it. Good video if you can find it.
Glad to see he is still with us!
Lee
Toronto