Английская Википедия:Cameron Earl
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Cameron Charles Earl (8 May 1923 – 18 June 1952) was a British automotive engineer.
Early life
Earl was born in Yorkshire in 1923.[1]
German research
Earl was sent to Germany after the Second World War by the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee to study the development of 1930s Grand Prix racing cars, and wrote an influential report about them.[2] This report aided British engine designers by presenting them with secrets of German design, based on Earl's interviews with designers at Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union in April and May 1947, and blueprints he obtained.[3]
Death
Earl was a technical consultant for the English Racing Automobiles team, when, on 18 June 1952 during a test drive of racing car R14B at the Motor Industry Research Association's (MIRA) test track in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, his car overturned.[4] Earl, aged 29, died in hospital from a fractured skull.[4]
References
- ↑ General Register Office index of births registered in January, February and March 1923 – Name: Earl, Cameron C. District: Sculcoates, Yorkshire. Volume: 9D Page: 243.
- ↑ Earl, Cameron C., "Investigation into the development of German Grand Prix racing cars between 1934 and 1939 (including a description of the Mercedes world's land speed record ... Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee) [Paperback]" Technical Information and Document Unit (1947), ASIN: B0007JG0I0. Reprinted 1996 with new introduction,"Quick Silver : B. I. O. S. Report No. 1755 : Investigation into the Development of German Grand Prix Racing Cars Between 1934 and 1939 (Including a Description of the Mercedes World's Land Speed Record Contender)" HMSO, reprint edition, 1996. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Ludvigsen, Karl "BRM V16: How Britain's auto makers built a Grand Prix car to beat the world ," Veloce, 2007, pages 6,7, and 10. Шаблон:ISBN. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite news
