Gloster Gladiator

E407265
biplane fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft

The Gloster Gladiator was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the late 1930s, notable as the Royal Air Force’s last biplane fighter before the transition to more modern monoplane designs.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gloster Gladiator canonical 6
Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
armament .303 in Browning machine guns ⓘ
configuration enclosed cockpit in later versions ⓘ
open cockpit in early versions ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer H. P. Folland ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1934 ⓘ
introduced 1937 ⓘ
manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 257 mph (414 km/h) ⓘ
notableAs last biplane fighter in Royal Air Force service ⓘ
numberBuilt over 700 ⓘ
numberOfGuns 4 ⓘ
operator Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
Irish Air Corps ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Egyptian Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Royal Egyptian Air Force

Hellenic Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Royal Hellenic Air Force

Iraqi Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Royal Iraqi Air Force

Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Swedish Air Force ⓘ
powerplant Bristol Mercury radial engine ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
productionPeriod mid-1930s to late 1930s ⓘ
range about 440 mi (710 km) ⓘ
retired 1953 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber (limited) ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 32,800 ft (10,000 m) ⓘ
successor Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
usedInConflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Britain (limited roles)

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Campaign

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

Winter War ⓘ
variant Gladiator Mk I ⓘ
Gladiator Mk I ⓘ
surface form: Gladiator Mk II

Sea Gladiator ⓘ
wingConfiguration single-bay biplane ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 11 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
No. 101 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
RAF Drem → aircraftOperated → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
Gloster Aircraft Company → product → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
Gloster Aircraft Company → notableAircraft → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter
Bristol Mercury radial engine → poweredAircraft → Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Mercury