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The Gloster S.S.37 Gladiator was a fighter used by Great Britain and her allies during the early years of World War II.

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  • Gloster Gladiator
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  • The Gloster S.S.37 Gladiator was a fighter used by Great Britain and her allies during the early years of World War II.
  • The Gloster Gladiator (or Gloster SS.37) was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it was being introduced. Though often pitted against more formidable foes during the early days of the Second World War, it acquitted itself reasonably well in combat.
  • The Gloster Gladiator (also known as the Gloster SS.37) is a 1930s British biplane fighter. The Gladiator entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1937 and was used in front-line fighter duties until around 1941, after being declared obsolete RAF Gladiators did non-combat work like meteorological work, Finland still used the Gladiator in combat duties until 1945. Portugal didn't retire the Gladiator until 1953.
  • The Gloster Gladiator (or Gloster SS.37) was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it was being introduced. Though often pitted against more formidable foes during the early days of the Second World War, it acquitted itself reasonably well in combat.
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  • 4594.0
max speed more
  • at 14,500 ft
Guns
  • **Initially; Two synchronised .303 in Vickers machine guns in fuselage sides, two .303 in Lewis machine guns; one beneath each lower wing. **Later aircraft; Four Browning machine guns; 2 synchronised guns in fuselage sides and one beneath each lower wing.
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  • 2300.0
number of props
  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • 8.36 m
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  • 982.98
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  • 7200.0
  • 210.0
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    • 285.0
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    • Fighter
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    • 3.58 m
    Introduced
    • 1937(xsd:integer)
    primary user
    Type
    type of prop
    • radial engine
    Caption
    • A Gladiator in pre-war RAF markings
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    • 835.6600000000001
    power alt
    • 619.0
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    • 4594.0
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    • 323.0
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    • 830.0
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    • 46(xsd:integer)
    height main
    • 358.14000000000004
    span alt
    • 9.83 m
    Manufacturer
    max speed main
    • 253.0
    engine (prop)
    • Bristol Mercury IX
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    • 11.7
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    • 32800.0
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    • 3217.0
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    • 53.0
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    • 2088.0
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    • 358.14000000000004
    enteredservicedate
    • January 1937
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    • 1(xsd:integer)
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