Father Brazilian, mother English Racing driver [1935 Le Mans winner] and sometime jailbird [spent 3 years in jail - convicted of manslaughter having killed a motorcyclist in a car accident whilst drunk]. Operated a speedboat firm in Torquay. Owned: 1935 Miles Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP and 1938 B A Eagle 2 G-AFKH
with his sister Ruth, King's Cup 1935 d. 12 Oct 1940 (Died in ATA Service) - while circling to land at Llandow, his Wellington R1156 struck a telegraph pole in Llysworney during a second circuit and crashed into a bank. Buried Mapledurham, Oxfordshire King's Cup in 1935, 1938 Download ATA Pilot Personal Record (.zip file): |
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