Aero-Engineer
The war years can be passed over, but with a salute to the aero-engineer whose self-cooling rotary engines helped establish Allied air strength. After the war, plans were prepared for the first 3-litre Bentlev.
The first customer was Noel Van Raalte, owner of Brownsea Island, who had also put up the money for K.L.G. spark plugs. With a huge income from South African diamond mines, Woolf Barnato played a leading role in the Bentley story. He threw fabulous parties, yet could not give away a cigarette. In spite of his eccentricities, W. O. Bentley regards him as one of the greatest drivers of all time.
Barnato was the man to help Bentley out of financial difficulties, but this aid also caused it to change from a family venture to a business which had to pay or else. . . .sit iieeHM' 1 fopnical that at this time the world-famous enterprise should have foiled for the want of £65,000. But 1031 was the year of the depression's greatest depth. An announcement in "The Times" said that Captain
Barnato, absent in America, was unable to meet debts of £40.000 and £25,000.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28795, 16 January 1959, Page 12
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