Description: The History of Britain and the RAF would be very different if Thomas Octave Sopwith (he was the 8th child) had not purchased the roller skating rink in Canbury Park Road near Kingston Railway Station in South West London in December 1912. It was here that his company designed famous World War One fighters like the Sopwith Camel and Sopwith Pup for the Royal Flying Corps. The Hawker Hurricane would not have been available to defeat the German Luffwaffe in the Battle of Brita
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The History of Britain and the RAF would be very different if Thomas Octave Sopwith (he was the 8th child) had not purchased the roller skating rink in Canbury Park Road near Kingston Railway Station in South West London in December 1912. It was here that his company designed famous World War One fighters like the Sopwith Camel and Sopwith Pup for the Royal Flying Corps. The Hawker Hurricane would not have been available to defeat the German Luffwaffe in the Battle of Britain and save the country from inva