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Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He died during a water speed record attempt at ...
Born in 1921, the Speed Ace Donald Campbell was Britain’s blue-eyed boy of World Water Speed Record-breaking in the 1950s. His matinee idol looks brought glamour to the grey years of post-War austerity. His Bluebird K7 encapsulated the technological promise of the Festival of Britain. And between 1955 and 1959 he broke the outright World ...
Donald Campbell perished whilst breaking the 300mph barrier, [so dear to him as Sir Malcolm had been the first to do so on Land in 1935], and thus joined that select band of folk heroes which includes Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Neil Armstrong, who set out to achieve the seemingly impossible knowing they may die in the attempt.
Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird will finally return to the Lake District on Saturday, nearly 60 years after the crash that claimed the record-breaker's life. It follows a painful saga that ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Who was Donald Campbell? The son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, the charismatic and patriotic Donald was destined to follow in his father's footsteps. His father was a world speed record holder on land ...
Donald Malcolm Campbell (born March 23, 1921, Horley, Surrey, Eng.—died Jan. 4, 1967, Coniston Water, Lancashire) was a British motorboat and automobile driver who emulated his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, in setting world’s speed records on land and on water. The first to complete an officially timed run in a jet-propelled hydroplane ...
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Donald Malcolm Campbell, C.B.E. (March 23, 1921 – January 4, 1967), was a British car and motorboat racer who broke eight world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both land and water speed records in the same year (1964). His father was the holder of 13 world speed records.
