Sopwith - T-shirt Colour:Dark Grey 249 Squadron stationed in Malta

249 Squadron stationed in Malta in 1942

The name was simplified to Gloster Aircraft then merged with the Hawker Siddeley Group

The Victor flew 375 sorties in the tanker role including during Operation Black Buck

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

variable-sweep heavy bomber entered service in 1986 with the Strategic Air Command

Sopwith - T-shirt Colour:Dark Grey 249 Squadron stationed in MaltaSopwith 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