Types you’ll see alongside
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Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
Where to see the Sopwith Camel in the UK
The gazetteer records 7 Sopwith Camel airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 7 UK collections, in 5 regions: London & Around, East of England, Scotland, South West England, Northern England.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklands MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Weybridge | London & Around | Sopwith Camel F.1 replica G-BFCZ Replica |
| Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Yeovil | South West England | Sopwith Camel replica B6401 Replica |
| Hooton Park HangarsChecked 2026-10-08 | Ellesmere Port | Northern England | Sopwith Camel scale replica BAPC.567 Replica |
| Montrose Air Station MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Montrose | Scotland | Sopwith Camel F.1 replica B7320 Replica |
| Royal Air Force Museum LondonChecked 2026-10-08 | London | London & Around | Sopwith F1 Camel F6314 |
| Stow Maries Great War AerodromeChecked 2026-10-08 | Chelmsford | East of England | Sopwith Camel replica fuselage 'High Jinks' Replica |
| The Shuttleworth CollectionChecked 2026-10-08 | Biggleswade | East of England | Sopwith Camel F.1 replica G-BZSC Replica |
3D model
The Camel F.1 in 3D
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-BZSC, The Shuttleworth Collection’s airworthy Sopwith Camel reproduction, begun by the Northern Aeroplane Workshops at Batley in 1995, completed at Old Warden and first flown on 18 May 2017 with a 130 hp Clerget 9B rotary, painted as D1851 ‘IKANOPIT’, a Ruston Proctor-built Camel of No. 70 Squadron RAF in France in 1918: khaki-brown PC10 dope over the fuselage, fin and upper surfaces with clear-doped linen undersides, a bare aluminium cowling, varnished plywood side panels with white ‘IKANOPIT’ below the cockpit, a white ‘X’ and white-outlined roundel on the fuselage, three white No. 70 Squadron bars ahead of the tailplane, white ‘D1851’ on the fin, a blue, white and red rudder, roundels on both wings and twin Vickers guns under the hump, as it is flown from Old Warden. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.1 MB) · Plate 31 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
Collection context
Where the type is thickest
East of England has 2 collections recording the type.
Marks and variants recorded
Sopwith Camel F.1 replica; Sopwith F1 Camel.
Why it matters
The short story
Everything heavy — engine, guns, pilot, tank — sat in the front seven feet, wrapped around a rotary engine that turned the whole aircraft with it. The result killed novices in droves and made aces of survivors: 1,294 victories, more than any other Allied fighter. It would turn right so fast that pilots turned right to go left.
Type notes
The Sopwith Camel in brief
| Type | Sopwith Camel (F.1) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 7 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 7 |
Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.
Aircraft questions
Frequently asked
How many Sopwith Camel airframes are left in the UK?
The Aviation Gazetteer records 7 Sopwith Camel airframes in UK collections.
Which museum has the most Sopwith Camel airframes?
Brooklands Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.