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.

Sydney Camm was born on 5th August 1893 at 10 Alma Road, Windsor, Berkshire, the eldest of 12 children to Frederick Camm, a carpenter, and Mary Smith. In 1901 Camm began attending the Royal Free School on Bachelors Acre in Windsor.

Sydney Camm, acclaimed by Sir Thomas Sopwith as being the greatest designer of fighter aircraft the world has known, received the British Gold Medal for Aeronautics in 1949, was elected President of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1954 and received its highest honour, the Gold Medal, in 1958.

Sir Sydney Camm (1893-1966) Born in 1893, Camm joined the Martinsyde aeroplane company at Brooklands at the outbreak of war in 1914, learning the business and developing his skills in aircraft...

…Hurricane emerged from efforts by Sydney Camm, Hawker’s chief designer, to develop a high-performance monoplane fighter and from a March 1935 Air Ministry requirement calling for an unprecedented heavy armament of eight wing-mounted 0.303-inch (7.7-mm) machine guns.

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. Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Sydney Camm was knighted 2 June 1953, on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He was President of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) from 1954 to 1955 and received its highest honour, the Gold Medal, in 1958.