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Post-War with Mays established [[BRM]] and designed a radical V16 engine which was subject to considerable mechanical stress because of its high operating speed (12,000 rpm). | Post-War: with Mays he established [[BRM]] and designed a radical V16 engine which was subject to considerable mechanical stress because of its high operating speed (12,000 rpm). | ||
After the Rubery Owen takeover, designed a new V8 engine for BRM which led to Grand Prix success. | After the Rubery Owen takeover, he designed a new V8 engine for BRM which led to Grand Prix success. | ||
1962 Married Althaea A. Furness | |||
1971 Died in South Africa | 1971 Died in South Africa | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 11 May 2015
Peter Lorraine Ashton Berthon, engine designer
c.1907 Born in Burma[1]
1911 Living near Bristol with his grandfather
1933/4 Joined with Humphrey Cook and Raymond Mays in forming English Racing Automobiles
1935 Married Mary L Wiltshire[2]
1938 After the collapse of ERA, Berthon and Mays raced an ERA car privately
WWII Pilot with RAF
Post-War: with Mays he established BRM and designed a radical V16 engine which was subject to considerable mechanical stress because of its high operating speed (12,000 rpm).
After the Rubery Owen takeover, he designed a new V8 engine for BRM which led to Grand Prix success.
1962 Married Althaea A. Furness
1971 Died in South Africa
See Also
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Sources of Information
- The Times, Jan 20, 1971