Sopwith Aircraft

Sopwith Gun Bus 1913 The Gun Bus was essentially a landplane derivative of the S.P.Gn (Sopwith Pusher, gun), a gun-carrying ... read more ... The original Tabloid appeared in 1913 as a civil two-seater but in the following year ... read more ... Sopwith Tabloid 1913 Sopwith Special / Type C 1914 read more ... Sopwith 860 1914 Sopwith Schneider 1915 Derived from the Tabloid float seaplane which won the Schneider Trophy contest in April 1914, ... read more ... Derived from the Schneider single-seat fighter seaplane, the Baby first appeared in September 1915, and differed ... read more ... Sopwith Baby 1915 Sopwith Pup 1916 The Pup or Scout Tractor was Sopwith's follow-up fighter to the 1 1/2-Strutter and got ... read more ... Said to have been the progenitor of the Fokker Dr.I triplane - and therefore various ... read more ... Sopwith Triplane 1916 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter 1916 Deriving its extraordinary appellation from a characteristic arrangement of cabane struts - a name that was initially ... read more ... The L.R.T.Tr., presumably signifying Long-Range Tractor Triplane, was designed to meet an RFC requirement for a combined ... read more ... Sopwith L.R.T.Tr. 1916 Sopwith Camel 1917 The Camel is remembered as the most successful British single-seat fighter of World War I ... read more ... The Sopwith Snipe was the RAF's standard single-seat fighter of the post-World War I period ... read more ... Sopwith Snipe 1917 Sopwith Bee 1917 Sopwith B.1 1917 Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin 1917 Designed to provide the pilot with the best possible view in tactically important directions, the 5F.1 ... read more ... The prototype Cuckoo torpedo-bomber flew in June 1917 and was powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine. ... read more ... Sopwith Cuckoo 1917 Sopwith 3F.2 Hippo 1917 Built as a private venture, the Hippo two-seat fighter featured negative wing stagger, the gap between ... read more ... A fighter-reconnaissance two-seater, the Bulldog was a compact aircraft which, in its initial form as first ... read more ... Sopwith 2FR.2 Bulldog 1917 Sopwith 2B.2 Rhino 1917 A requirement for an armoured single-seat ground attack fighter was issued to the Sopwith company in January ... read more ... Sopwith T.F.2 Salamander 1918 Sopwith Snail 1918 In October 1917, the A.B.C. Wasp seven-cylinder radial air-cooled engine was considered to offer much promise, and ... read more ... Sopwith Buffalo 1918 Sopwith Swallow 1918 Utilising an F.1 Camel fuselage mated with a parasol wing, the Swallow single-seat fighter monoplane ... read more ... The Cobham bomber was the only twin-engined Sopwith of the WWI. read more ... Sopwith Cobham 1918 Sopwith Dove 1918 Two-seat civilian biplane, only 10 were built. read more ... The sixth and last prototype of the Snipe was fitted with the 320hp A.B.C. Dragonfly ... read more ... Sopwith Dragon 1919 Sopwith Snapper 1919 Designed in parallel with the Snark triplane and similarly intended to meet the requirements of ... read more ... Despite the fact that, by 1918, the triplane configuration was widely considered as passe for the ... read more ... Sopwith Snark 1919