24 Hours of Le Mans
- Title 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Source Rodolfo Mailander Photograph Collection
- Description Car number 6 is the works Jaguar D-Type XKD505 driven by race winners Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb. Car number 24 is the works Aston Martin DB3S chassis 7 driven by Roy Salvadori and Peter Walker. Car number 20 is the works Mercedes-Benz 300SLR chassis 0006/55 driven by Levegh and John Fitch. (Levegh was the pseudonym of Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin.)
- Years 1955
- Date 1955-06-11
- Photographer Rodolfo Mailander
- City Le Mans
- Country France
- People Hawthorn, Mike Bueb, Ivor Salvadori, Roy Walker, Peter Levegh, Pierre Fitch, John
- Marque Jaguar Aston Martin Mercedes-Benz
- Model Jaguar D-Type Aston Martin DB3S Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
- Group/Class Sports
- Event 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Venue Circuit de la Sarthe
- Entrant Jaguar Cars Limited Aston Martin Limited Daimler Benz AG
- Race Data Car number 6 won. Car number 24 retired. Car number 20 crashed in a disaster killing over 80 spectators and injuring more than 100 more.
- Identifier 2011-023MAIL-1955-b10_25.0_0013
- Original Format black-and-white negatives
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