Cameron Earl

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] Earl, aged 29, died in hospital from a fractured skull.^[5]