Colonel Reginald Clive Gallop was an engineer, racing driver and First World War pilot.
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10 Facts About Clive Gallop
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Clive Gallop was one of the team which developed their first engine for Bentley Motors.
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Clive Gallop joined the Royal Flying Corps, flying aeroplanes over the Western Front.
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Clive Gallop commanded a number of flights, including No 56 Squadron.
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Clive Gallop helped Bentley bring both into service with the Royal Flying Corps.
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From 1921, Clive Gallop joined "Count" Louis Zborowski at his Higham Park estate.
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Clive Gallop died aged 29 the following year whilst racing for Mercedes-Benz in the same race, after hitting a tree.
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Clive Gallop had designed the 4½ Litre Bentley engine with a single overhead camshaft actuating four valves per cylinder, inclined at 30 degrees, a technically advanced design at a time where most cars still used only two valves per cylinder.
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Clive Gallop was thrown from a skidding car in Leatherhead Surrey on 7 September 1960.
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Clive Gallop was taken to hospital but was found dead on arrival.
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