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Sopwith F1 Camel

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1936, London, Hangar Two, 74/A/18

The Camel was the highest scoring British fighter of the First World War. It took its name from the hump over the breeches of the two machine guns.

Biplane with grey body and white wings with wooden struts, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Winged Camel Statuette, around 1920s

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1986/0905/C

The winged camel is the symbol of No. 45 Squadron. Formed in 1916 flying Sopwith 1½ Strutter, and later the Camel, by the 1920s, No. 45 Squadron had adopted the winged camel as their badge, alongside the motto ‘Through Difficulties I Arise.’