Sir Sydney Camm

	SIR SYDNEY CAMM British Aircraft Designer
	Born Windsor, England, August 5, 1893, Camm started with the Martinsyde aeroplane company in 1914. He joined T.O.M. Sopwith at the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company at Kingston in 1923. As Chief Designer from 1925, his prolific genius led to a 60-year series of outstanding military aircraft starting with the Hart biplane day bomber in 1928 and its single-seat fighter derivative, the Fury, from 1930. In 1935 Camm produced the Hurricane, his first monoplane fighter, armed with 8 machine guns and using the new Merlin engine. It played a dominant role in the RAF's victory in the Battle of Britain in 1940. There followed the Typhoon, the Tempest and the post-war Sea Fury propeller-driven fighters. The Sea Hawk and Hunter jets were followed in the 1970s by the V/STOL Harrier fighter, combat-proven in the battles over the Falkland Islands in 1982. Sir Sydney Camm died March 12, 1966.
	Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1984