Campbell, who had set a total of eight world speed records on land and water in the 1950s and 60s, was trying to break 300mph (480 km/h) on 4 January 1967 when the craft somersaulted and sank.
Thousands of people are expected to visit Coniston in the Lake District over the next week as Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird makes a return to the water there for the first t ...
Ahead of Bluebird's return to Coniston Water, Donald Campbell's final record attempt is remembered.
The restored hydroplane returns to the lake where its record-breaking pilot was killed in 1967.