Video Library — Peter Brown's Royal Navy Service

The greatest aviator in Fleet Air Arm history. Flew 487 types. Made 2,407 carrier landings. Flew the same aircraft from the same class of carriers as HMS Victorious.

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Eric “Winkle” Brown: His Best & Worst Aircraft

Evaluates the Seafire, Mosquito and more — aircraft that flew from carriers like Victorious.

Winkle Brown

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From Piston Engines to Turbojets — Archive

The Navy’s transition to jet aircraft. Challenges of carrier landings at speed.

Winkle BrownJets

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His Fw200 Kills Flying the Martlet (Wildcat)

802 Squadron, HMS Audacity. Head-on tactics against Focke-Wulf Condors. Same Martlet flew from Victorious.

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Favourite Aircraft & Testing Over 400 Airplanes

Testing philosophy — why so many test pilots were killed and how Brown survived.

Winkle BrownTest Pilot

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Soviet Aircraft of WW2 — Eric Winkle Brown

Rare post-war access to fly 12–15 Soviet aircraft including the Lavochkin 7.

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Eric Winkle Brown — The Last Interview (2015)

Brown passed away February 2016, aged 97. His final recorded interview.

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★ IWM Confirmed — Footage Filmed Aboard HMS Victorious

These are official IWM archive films confirmed as filmed aboard HMS Victorious. Peter would have been on deck during some of these exact shoots. Click to view on the IWM website.

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Operation Banquet — Fleet Air Arm Aboard HMS Victorious (Aug 1944)

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Filmed 20–24 August 1944 directly aboard HMS Victorious. Corsairs of 1834 & 1836 NAS and Fairey Barracudas returning from strikes on Indaroeng cement works, Sumatra. HMS Howe and HMS Indomitable visible. Date clapboards in the film confirm this ship and date. Peter arrived aboard within weeks of this footage.

Peter’s ship — confirmedAug 1944IWM Archive

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British Eastern Fleet Operations 1944 — Armoured Carriers

armouredcarriers.com — Detailed narrative history

Full account of all Indian Ocean operations: Banquet, Crimson, Councillor, Light, Millet, Lentil, Meridian. Confirms Victorious Corsair squadron compositions (1834, 1836, 1838 NAS). Cross-references the IWM film footage. Essential companion to the Operation Banquet video.

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Fleet Air Arm Airstrike — Indian Ocean (HMS Victorious)

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On-deck footage of Corsair 7:X (1834 NAS, confirming HMS Victorious). Aerial attack footage from an Avenger. Servicing of aircraft and guns. Related series to Operation Banquet.

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Operation Light — Airstrike Against Sumatra (Sep 1944)

Imperial War Museums — IWM Film

Corsairs and Barracudas landing on HMS Victorious, 17–19 September 1944. HMS Howe visible astern. One month after Operation Banquet — Peter likely now aboard.

Peter likely aboardSep 1944IWM Archive

Operations — Bismarck · Arctic · Pedestal · Pacific

All three of Peter’s ships were present at the Bismarck hunt and Operation Pedestal. He served on Arctic convoys and survived Kamikaze attacks in the Pacific.

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Sinking the Bismarck — Full Documentary

All three of Peter’s ships present. “Point blank carnage” — Peter’s own words.

All 3 shipsMay 1941

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HMS Victorious Swordfish Attack on Bismarck

The torpedo attack by Victorious aircraft, 24 May 1941.

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Arctic Convoys WWII — Full Documentary

Icing, oil survivors, pilots dying in minutes. Peter’s confirmed account matches exactly.

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Arctic Convoy PQ17 — Disaster in the Arctic

The most devastating Arctic convoy. Context for Peter’s accounts.

Arctic 1942

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Battle of Okinawa 1945 — Operation Iceberg

The campaign during which Victorious was hit on 9 May 1945.

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British Pacific Fleet — Task Force 57

The fleet Peter served with. The forgotten British Pacific war.

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Kamikaze Attacks Caught on Film! (WW2 Combat Footage)

Authentic wartime film of suicide attacks on Allied ships. Visual context for 9 May 1945.

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Operation Pedestal — Malta Convoy 1942

All three of Peter’s ships involved. HMS Kenya was torpedoed by Italian submarine Alagi.

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Drachinifel — Naval History Channel

The finest naval history channel on YouTube. A naval engineer by profession — meticulous research, dry British wit. His Five Minute Guide series covers every ship class Peter served on. Channel: youtube.com/@Drachinifel

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King George V Class — Design, Service and Myths

Drachinifel — with historian Matt Warwick

Why the KGV class was built, the 14-inch gun controversy, how they performed, and what’s myth vs reality. Essential context for Peter’s ship.

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Illustrious Class Carriers — The Armoured Deck Decision

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Why the RN chose armoured decks over aircraft numbers. The decision that saved HMS Victorious and Peter’s life on 9 May 1945.

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Fiji / Crown Colony Class Cruisers

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HMS Kenya’s class. 11 ships, tight treaty-constrained design. Jamaica sank the Scharnhorst. Kenya torpedoed at Pedestal.

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British Pacific Fleet — Task Force 57

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The forgotten fleet. Drach’s analysis of the BPF at Okinawa and why armoured carriers changed Pacific warfare.

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HMS King George V (41) — Flagship & Battleship

KGV was flagship of the Home Fleet and present at the Bismarck hunt, Arctic convoys, Sicily, and Tokyo Bay. Peter served aboard her and she was in the same Task Force as HMS Victorious throughout the 1945 Pacific campaign.

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HMS King George V — Life Aboard (IWM Film, 1942)

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15-minute IWM documentary. Interior of 14-inch turrets, loading machinery, rum ration, mess life, 1,500-man crew. The closest filmed record of daily life on Peter’s ship.

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Hunt for the Bismarck — Admiral Tovey Commands from KGV

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Tovey commanded from KGV’s bridge. “Point blank carnage” — Peter’s own words from veterans he met. KGV fired 339 rounds of 14-inch at Bismarck.

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Japanese Surrender — Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945