Eric “Winkle” Brown makes the world’s first jet takeoff from an aircraft carrier, piloting a de Havilland DH.100 Sea Vampire from HMS Ocean on December 3, 1945. (©Mary Evans Picture Library)
©Mary Evans Picture Library
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Eric “Winkle” Brown makes the world’s first jet takeoff from an aircraft carrier, piloting a de Havilland DH.100 Sea Vampire from HMS Ocean on December 3, 1945. (©Mary Evans Picture Library)
©Mary Evans Picture Library