Sopwith Camels were fighter aircraft developed by the Sopwith Aviation Co.
5,490 were built.
Fights between fighter planes of opposite sides of a war are called dogfights. The term was used in World War I referring to British Sopwith Camel planes fighting German Fokker planes.
By 1917, the allies develope the Sopwith-Camel, an excellent fighter plane. Their fighting technique was to engage in aerial "dogfights" or duels, manoeuvering their light planes to dive on the enemy from the rear.
The stop which camel was mainly used in world war 1 as a fighter plane. One camel shot down the red baron.
Snoopy "flies" on the roof of his doghouse, which in his imagination is a World War I plane called a "Sopwith Camel". The Sopwith Camel was made in England, and was one of the best planes of the war on the Allied side.
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Sopwith was the name of the factory owner - Sopwith Aviation Company. It was called the Camel because of a hump near the cockpit.
Most WW1 aircraft were very small. I have seen replica Sopwith Camel and Spad and were surprised how small and flimsy they appeared to be. Not much different from a Piper Cub, +except for being biplanes.
sopwith camel
Best known for starting the Sopwith Aviation Company in 1912 which produced, among other aircraft, the Sopwith Camel.
There have been many British fighter aircraft. Possibly 2 of the most famous were WW1's Sopwith Camel, a small biplane fighter, and ww2's Spitfire an aluminium framed and covered fast monoplane.
During WW1 one of the best aircraft flown by the allies was the Sopwith Camel,the Sopwith Pup was a close sister to the Camel yet somewhat smaller but just as effective in the hands of a expierenced flyer.