Museum ID: WNDRB : 2006.79
Sydney Camm is best known as the aeronautical engineer who designed the Hawker Hurricane aircraft, a particularly brilliant fighter plane that dominated the Luftwaffe air force during the Battle of Britain. Camm’s abiding passion for aeronautics, however, derived from an early interest in model planes. Indeed, such was Camm’s fondness for model aircraft that he played a principal role in establishing the Windsor Model Aeroplane Club in 1912.The WMAC was chiefly concerned with designing and making model aircraft, but it also began designs for a man-carrying glider. This black and white photograph was taken at a time close to the WMAC’s inception and depicts its members. So, from left to right: Frederick Camm, Barton, Sydney Camm, Mainwood, Saunders, Stevenson, Stanbrook and Clayton.Measurements: 150 x 248 x 1
Materials: Paper
Categorised under: Transport and Aviation