Sopwith - Long-sleeve T-shirt Colour:Black Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster

402 Flight of the Fleet Air Arm

Best known for the Sidcot Suit

On the 14th June both set off from Newfoundland

Operation Dynamo and the Battle of Britain where it became known as the 'workhorse' of the RAF

Sopwith - Long-sleeve T-shirt Colour:Black Avro LancasterSopwith Aviation Company The Sopwith Aviation Company was formed in 1912 by Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith. Tommy was a wealthy sportsman interested in aviation, yachting and motor racing. The business started at Brooklands, moved to Canbury Park Road then settled in Kingston. After World War I Sopwith was liquidated and Tommy Sopwith formed HG Hawker Engineering with Harry Hawker, Fred Sigrist and Bill Eyre. Sopwith produced many aircraft types