The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, and came into squadron service a few weeks before the end of the conflict, in late 1918.
Sopwith Snipe
William George Barker's Snipe
E6655 at the Royal Air Force Museum London
E6938 at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa
The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force during the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel. Sopwith aircraft were also used in varying numbers by the French, Belgian and American air services during the war.
Thomas Sopwith, c. 1910
Sopwith Dove concept vehicle
The Sopwith "Schneider" (a float-equipped Sopwith Tabloid) at the 1914 Schneider Trophy in Monaco
Three views of the single-seat bomber version of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter