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Sydney Camm
Sydney Camm at Windsor Model Aeroplane Club, c. 1915 with "twin-pusher" style free flight model
Born5 August 1893
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died12 March 1966 (aged 72)
Richmond, London, England
Resting placeLong Ditton Cemetery, Long Ditton, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
EducationRoyal Free School, Windsor
SpouseHilda Rose Starnes
Children1 daughter
Parent(s)Frederick Camm, Mary Smith
Engineering career
DisciplineAeronautics
InstitutionsRAeS
Employer(s)Hawker Siddeley
Significant designHawker Hurricane, Hawker Hunter
Significant advanceHawker Siddeley P.1127
AwardsKnight Bachelor (1953)
British Gold Medal for Aeronautics (1949)
RAeS Gold Medal (1958)
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1965)
International Hall of Aerospace Fame (1984)

Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 1893 – 12 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. One particularly notable aircraft he designed was the Hawker Hurricane fighter.[1]

  1. ^ 'Sir Sidney Camm Commemorative Society' website. http://www.sirsydneycamm.org

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