Sir Sydney Camm

Sir Sydney Camm Designer of the Hawker Typhoon and Tempest aircraft

Camm was in charge of Hawker's Kingston-upon-Thames for 12 years when plans for the typhoon and Tempest series of aircraft began in 1937
He had up to that point designed some truly great aircraft including the Hawker Hart,Fury and Hurricane.
Camm has been described as a generous man although he had a serious exterior.
He was a hard worker and expected the same from his colleagues in search of perfection.
Sir Sydney Camm was knighted in 1953 and died on March 12 1966