biography
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Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Octave Murdoch)
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| lived:
| (1888–1989)
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| biography:
| Aircraft designer and sportsman, born in London, UK. He won a prize for the longest flight across the English Channel in 1910, and founded the Sopwith Aviation Co in 1912, building many of the aircraft used in World War 1, such as the Sopwith Camel. Chairman of the Hawker-Siddeley Group from 1935, and president from 1963, he was knighted in 1953. |
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