Gladiator Mk II

Gladiator Mk II

Family
Gloster Gladiator
Class
Fighter
Produced
270
Changes
Mercury VIIIA with Hobson mixture control and automatic boost control, three-blade Fairey fixed-pitch metal propeller in place of the two-blade wooden one; all aircraft with four Brownings. 38 were converted to Sea Gladiator (Interim).
Crew
1
Engine
Bristol Mercury VIIIA
Engines
1
Blades
3
Pitch
Fixed

Armament

WeaponCountPositionSynchronized
Browning .303 Mk II2FuselageTrue
Browning .303 Mk II2Wing—

Service

2 Feb 1940 – 15 Feb 1943
≈ 19 Nov 1940 – Apr 1941