Sopwith Camel

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British military aircraft biplane fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft

The Sopwith Camel was a highly maneuverable British First World War single-seat biplane fighter renowned for its combat success and distinctive handling characteristics.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sopwith 2F1 Camel	1
Sopwith Camel 2F.1 Ship’s Camel	1
Sopwith Camel F.1	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military aircraft ⓘ biplane ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration	tractor configuration ⓘ
armament	bombs ⓘ twin synchronized Vickers machine guns ⓘ
cockpitConfiguration	single-seat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creditedWithAerialVictories	over 1200 enemy aircraft ⓘ
crew	1 ⓘ
culturalAppearance	aircraft flown by Snoopy in Peanuts comic strip fantasies ⓘ
engineConfiguration	single-engine ⓘ
engineType	rotary engine ⓘ
enteredCombatTheatre	Western Front ⓘ
famousPilot	Captain Roy Brown ⓘ Major William Barker ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1916-12-22 ⓘ
height	about 2.6 m ⓘ
introducedInService	1917 ⓘ
length	about 5.7 m ⓘ
manufacturer	Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ
maxSpeed	about 115 mph ⓘ
nicknamed	Camel ⓘ
notableFeature	concentrated mass around center of gravity ⓘ difficult handling characteristics for inexperienced pilots ⓘ high maneuverability ⓘ strong gyroscopic effects from rotary engine ⓘ
numberBuilt	over 5400 ⓘ
powerOutput	about 130 hp ⓘ
predecessor	Sopwith Pup ⓘ
primaryUser	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ United States Army Air Service ⓘ
range	about 300 km ⓘ
reasonForNickname	hump-shaped fairing over machine guns ⓘ
retiredFromRAF	1920 ⓘ
role	fighter ⓘ ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling	about 21000 ft ⓘ
successor	Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
typicalEngineModel	Bentley BR1 ⓘ Clerget 9B ⓘ Le Rhône 9J ⓘ
usedBy	Belgian Air Service ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Canadian Air Force Hellenic Air Force ⓘ surface form: Greek Air Force Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ United States Army Air Service ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
usedInRole	home defence fighter ⓘ night fighter ⓘ trench-strafing aircraft ⓘ
variant	Sopwith Camel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sopwith 2F1 Camel
variantRole	shipboard fighter ⓘ
wingConfiguration	biplane ⓘ
wingspan	about 8.5 m ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raymond Collishaw → aircraftFlown → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

No. 29 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

No. 3 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Australian Flying Corps → aircraftUsed → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Sopwith Aviation Company → hasNotableAircraft → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sopwith Camel F.1

Sopwith Aviation Company → hasNotableAircraft → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sopwith Camel 2F.1 Ship’s Camel

Royal Naval Air Service → notableAircraft → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Sopwith Aviation Company → notableProduct → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Thomas Sopwith → notableWork → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Sopwith Pup → successor → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Royal Flying Corps → usedAircraftType → Sopwith Camel ⓘ

Sopwith Camel → variant → Sopwith Camel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sopwith 2F1 Camel