Sea Gladiator

Sea Gladiator

Family
Gloster Gladiator
Class
Carrier fighter
Produced
60
Converted
38
Changes
Carrier fighter: arrester hook, catapult points, strengthened airframe and a ventral fairing for a dinghy. 60 were built as such; 38 Gladiator IIs were converted as Sea Gladiator (Interim). Some on Malta may have had a pair of Brownings added under the upper wing in the field.
Crew
1

Armament

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

Service

≈ 11 Jun 1940 – May 1941