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Gloster Gladiator Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, AUG 1937-MAR 1948, Cosford, Hangar Two, 74/A/17

The Gloster Gladiator was the RAF's last biplane fighter and the first to feature an enclosed cockpit for the pilot. Deliveries began in 1937, with Gladiators continuing to serve in the early years of the Second World War.

Biplane with propeller and silver body and wings, © RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Stansfield, 18 October 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7408

Interview with John Stansfield, who was a pilot in Victor bomber aircraft during the 1960s. He remembers flying in the Far East, the Cuban Missile Crisis and Cold War scrambles.

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