Donald Campbell
English racecar driver and land & water speed record holder (1921-1967) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 45
Donald Malcolm Campbell was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964).
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Bluebird K7 on display at Goodwood Motor Racing circuit in 1960
Bluebird CN7 on display at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.
Model of Donald Campbell Bluebird used in Breedlove promotion
Promotional model of Bluebird Mach 1.1 displayed outside Campbell's house in spring 1966.
Memorial plaque for Donald Campbell, in Coniston village
Campbell's gravestone in ConistonAwards
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He died during a water speed record attempt at Coniston Water in the Lake District, England.
