The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal …

Sopwith was Chairman of Hawker Siddeley until his retirement. Hawker and its successors produced many more famous military aircraft, including the inter-war Hart, and Demon; World War II’s …

The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and famous of all WWI aircraft. Camels downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in WWI.

Jul 25, 2025 · The Sopwith Camel was a famous fighter aircraft during World War I. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane. On October 10, 1965, Snoopy, clad in aviator goggles and a fringed scarf, …

Dec 20, 2012 · Perhaps the most famous aircraft of World War One, the Camel was so-called because of its distinctive ‘humped’ back, and between June 1917 and November 1918 it destroyed at least …

The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War biplane fighter aircraft, widely regarded as one of the most effective and iconic fighters of the war. Designed by the Sopwith Aviation Company, it was first …

Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith was a British aircraft designer whose firm was famous for such World War I British military aircraft as the Sopwith Camel and Triplane. Sopwith taught himself to fly …