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Gloster Gladiator I

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A chance to adopt a piece of RAF history, the Gloster Gladiator was the RAF’s last biplane fighter and the first to feature an enclosed cockpit for the pilot. During the Battle of Britain, Gladiators of No. 247 Squadron protected the Plymouth naval dockyards. The Gladiator was involved in a number of famous actions abroad during the early war years: operations from a frozen lake in Norway, defence of Malta, and early operations in Greece and North Africa. Withdrawn from UK front line defence in 1941, they continued to be used for metrological reconnaissance and training. Keep the RAF story alive by exclusively adopting this fascinating aircraft.