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Back in the late 50's I knew Ron Flockhart - a racing driver who lived in our village. He was friendly with my older brother and visited the house fairly often. He drove for various GP teams notably BRM and won the Le Mans 24hrs twice driving for Ecurie Ecosse. He lost his life in 1962 whilst preparing to make another attempt on the fastest flight from Australia - UK. On a training flight in bad weather he crashed his Mustang and died. Also from that era there was John Jordan - Jordan cereals - he and Ron would often be seen having dog fights in their aircraft over the skies of Bedfordshire. Times they have changed!
Hawkey01
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