| Spagthorpe
People Sir Alec Spagthorpe (?-1942) |
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| Your observation regarding proper eye protection during operation of the motorcycle brings back a tragic memory. It was in the fall of 1942 in Worchestershire. Sir Alec Spagthorpe, while on a high speed return trip from gathering intelligence information regarding the new pulsed liquid fueled BOMARC, was motoring on his Spagthorpe Dalmatian (in pre-war camo) when he was struck by a large Highland Beetle traveling in the opposite direction. As was his custom, Sir Alec was wearing only the customary leather flight helmet and no goggles. The Highland Beetle was driven squarely through Sir Alec's left eye, penetrating his brain and killing him instantly. Unfortunately, inertia carried Sir Alec for a full kilometer past the point of impact, where he and his Dalmation became as one upon impacting a Morris Minor parked in the driveway of one Miss Margaret Donaldson, thus continuing the tragic curse of the name Spagthorpe. | |
