Sopwith
T.O.M (Tommy) Sopwith founded the Sopwith Aviation Company in 1912. Several highly successful pre-war planes were followed up with a long series of successes, including the famous Camel.[1]
Production aircraft from the Great War or shortly thereafter include:
- Sopwith Tractor Biplane
- Sopwith 100hp Anzani Floatplane [note 1]
- Sopwith Tabloid
- Sopwith Type 137
- Sopwith Type 151 [note 2]
- Sopwith Type 801
- Sopwith Type 807
- Sopwith Type 860
- Sopwith Type 880
- Sopwith Spinning Jenny
- Sopwith Schneider
- Sopwith Baby
- Sopwith Bee [note 3]
- Sopwith Bulldog [note 4]
- Sopwith 1-½ Strutter
- Sopwith Pup
- Sopwith Triplane
- Sopwith Camel
- Sopwith B.1 [note 5]
- Sopwith Cuckoo
- Sopwith Dolphin
- Sopwith Snipe
- Sopwith Salamander
- Sopwith Buffalo
- Sopwith Dragon
- Sopwith Rhino [note 6]
- Sopwith Scooter [note 7]
- Sopwith Swallow [note 8]
References
- Notes
- ↑ A pair of 100hp Anzani-engined Sopwith floatplanes were on hand with the RNAS at the war's start.[2]
- ↑ The Sopwith 151 was a racing seaplane with a 100hp Green engine, claimed by the Admiralty when the war began.[2]
- ↑ The Sopwith Bee was a one-off aerobatic biplane built for Harry Hawker.[3]
- ↑ The Sopwith Bulldog was a two-seat fighter-reconnaissance plane that did not go into production.[4]
- ↑ Though only two B.1s were built, one of the prototypes was used operationally with the RNAS.[5]
- ↑ The Rhino was a 1917 day-bomber design. Its performance was mediocre and it did not go into production.[6]
- ↑ The Scooter was a 1918 monoplane with the wings mounted near the top of the fuselage. It did not go into production.[7]
- ↑ The Swallow was derived from the Scooter, with the wing mounted in a parasol position. It too did not go into production.[7]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Ltd., 1962. ISBN 9780900435027
- Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070