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| Picture No | 11991411 |
| Date | 1947 |
| Description | Malcolm Campbell making trial run on Coniston Water, 1947 |
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Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), British racing motorist and motoring journalist, land speed record holder; making a trial run for his attempt on his own world's water speed record in his recently modified, jet-propelled Bluebird II over Coniston Water. It would be Campbell's last attempt - he died the following year. Twenty years later, Coniston Water was the backdrop to the dramatic death of his son Donald, during his own water speed record.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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