JOCK HORSFALL RACING DRIVER

In the hands of Jock and Leslie Johnson it won the race outright. This operation was instrumental in the allied war effort helping to secure a foothold in Europe. John Jock Horsfall died. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here In he acquired a second Speed Model, registration EML, which initially was comprehensively developed into a “Formula B” car running on methanol.

In he converted EML back into sports car specification and entered the Spa 24 hour race as a privateer.

While Horsfalls career came to an unfortunate end, we at the Invisible agent tip our helmets or lack thereof to Jock Horsfall, for going fast, saving the world, and doing it in style! To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: It was then modified again in to sports specification.

Regardless of whether he was wearing proper protective equipment, the impact of the crash broke his neck and age 39 St.

R5B was made in 1. You are commenting using your Twitter account. Horssfall me of new comments via email. The car from then onwards became known as the ‘Spa Special’.

He was killed the following year in an ERA at Silverstone. In addition to his competitive career, during World War II he was employed as a specialist driver for the British secret service. John Jock Horsfall raxing.

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The operation called for making the Germans believe that they had, by accident, intercepted highly classified documents detailing future Allied war plans. Having found a suitable body and received the permission of the family, the fictional Temporary Captain, acting Major William Martin RM’s body, preserved in dry ice and dressed in his Royal Marines uniform, was ferried in the back of a green van hofsfall Britain, driven by Jock at high speed, to Holy Loch in Scotland where it was placed on board the British submarine HMS Seraph.

After appearances at Brooklands duringJock bough it and prepared and tuned it for the season winning the Leinster Trophy Race and going on to set the best British performance at Racong Mans.

Back to Jock Horsfall, who after the war in competed in a sprint organised by the Bristol Aeroplane Company Motor Sports Club club membership being restricted to company employees.

You are commenting using your WordPress. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. The corpse would of course stay still but also decompose quickly, so the driver that carried it had to be fast.

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On lap hprsfall of the race he lost control of the car, and left track and crashed. This operation involved floating a corpse to shore in Spain. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. In he acquired a second Speed Model, registration EML, which initially was comprehensively developed into a “Formula B” car running on methanol.

Retrieved 5 December The following year, Horsfall would race the entire 24 hour race solo, still managing to finish in 4 th place. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Many commentators have considered this to be one of his finest achievements. The car, which became known as the Black Car, was ordered by R. In England, if you needed horefall moved quickly, you called St.

It required hundreds of moving pieces, and specifically one that stayed very still, and one that moved very fast. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Born in England inHorsfall quickly developed a love for speed, and engineering.

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