CAMPBELL MALCOLM: (1885-1948) British Land & Water Speed Record Holder. T.L.S., M. Campbell, one page, 4to, Reigate ...

CAMPBELL MALCOLM: (1885-1948) British Land & Water Speed Record Holder. T.L.S., M. Campbell, one page, 4to, Reigate, Surrey, 31st October 1947, to Squadron Leader Young-James at the Air Ministry. Campbell thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'It is very kind of you indeed to have written to my old friend, Major Horn, and I see that you have given him two contacts at the Ministry of Works who will be able to supply him with the N.F.S. Trailer Pump which he requires', further adding 'I greatly appreciate all your many acts of kindness which have proved very valuable. I would like you to meet Horn one day, as he is one of the best of good fellows, and I will communicate with you at the first opportunity when I hear he is coming down to London, and is free for lunch'. One small file hole to the upper left corner and some light creasing to the edges, otherwise VG Major K. K. Horn was a friend of Campbell's having served together in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and later racing together at the Brooklands Circuit.