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The Sea Vixen was first developed in the 1940s

Vickers - Armstrongs Wellington

variable-sweep heavy bomber entered service in 1986 with the Strategic Air Command

249 Squadron stationed in Malta in 1942

The name was simplified to Gloster Aircraft then merged with the Hawker Siddeley Group

Sopwith - T-shirt Colour:Dark Grey The Sea Vixen was firstSopwith Aviation Company The Sopwith Aviation Company was formed in 1912 by Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith. Tommy was a wealthy sportsman interested in aviation, yachting and motor racing. The business started at Brooklands, moved to Canbury Park Road then settled in Kingston. After World War I Sopwith was liquidated and Tommy Sopwith formed HG Hawker Engineering with Harry Hawker, Fred Sigrist and Bill Eyre. Sopwith produced many aircraft types