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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Gladiators in WWII RAF service
- Message-ID: <Bzs8vC.LL1@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:26:00 GMT
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- From patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
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- In article <Bzo8DG.BK2@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Mike Campbell <mike@aloysius.equinox.gen.nz> writes:
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- >I seem to remember that there was a single squadron still equipped
- >with the type in 10 (?) Group (SW of England) during the "Battle of
- >Britain", August - September 1940. The final delivery was only in
- >April 1940 (!!!!).
- >
- >Any one know any other details?
-
- >From "Aces Past", by C. Shores.
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- "Active over France in 1940 and North Africa in 1941, only one [Gladiator]
- now exists in flying condition. Operated by the Shuttleworth Trust, this
- Gladiator has been painted in 1940 camouflage to represent an aircraft of
- 247 squadron which was the only unit thus equipped that saw service during
- the famous Battle of Britain."
-
- They also served in Norway supporting the "Back Every Friday" troops.
- According to "The War in the Air", by G. Lyall, RAF squadron 263 flew
- Glads in Norway in 1940, performing well and being finally evacuated on
- the carrier "Glorius". During the Nowegian campaign, they had a relatively
- high rate of aircraft loss, being frequently caught on the ground due to
- having no early warning system. The aircraft performed very well in the
- air, however. On 25 April, for example, five Luftwaffe aircraft were shot
- down by the squadron with no British losses in the air.
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