Tommy Sopwith (racing driver) to powerboat racing. He is the owner of Endeavour Holdings Limited, a car dealership in Portslade, Brighton, with a turnover of £17 million. He was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire. Tommy Sopwith (racing driver) Thomas Edward Brodie Sopwith (born 15 November 1932) is a British businessman and former car racing driver. He is the son of English aviation pioneer and yachtsman Sir Thomas Sopwith, builder of the Sopwith Camel, and Phyllis Brodie. His success as a racing driver saw him win the first ever round of the British Saloon Car Championship in 1958. That year he narrowly lost out on
Fighter-bomber offensive in March 1918, it dropped 25 lb Cooper bombs on advancing columns: whilst puny by later standards, the four fragmentation bombs carried by a Camel could cause serious injuries to exposed troops. Pilot casualties were also high. The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5. was used in the same role. The Royal Flying Corps received the first purpose-built fighter-bomber just as the war was ending. It was not called a fighter bomber at the time, but a Trench Fighter as that was what it was designed to attack. The Sopwith Salamander was based on the Sopwith Snipe fighter but had armour