Gloster Gladiator byl britský stíhací dvouplošník používaný Královským letectvem, Královským námořnictvem a letectvy mnoha dalších států během druhé světové války. Letoun měl maximální rychlost 414 km/h. Gladiatory upravené pro službu na letadlových lodích Royal Navy byly známé pod bojovým jménem Sea Gladiator . On June 13, 1940, he was flying a Fiat CR.42 Falco over Tunis, Tunisia when he shot down what’s believed to have been a French Potez 630. Ground crew loading a bomb into the bomb bay of a Regia Aeronautica Fiat BR.20 Cicogna at an airfield in North Africa, one of the many places Teresio Martinoli served, 1940. If you have any modeling or historical interest in World War II fighter aviation, this book is the one to get. Highly recommended.” ― Brian R Baker, IPMS (January 2010) “The Fiat CR.42 was roughly comparable to the Royal Air Force's Gloster Gladiator and in the hands of a skilled pilot, the Fiat could also dogfight with Hurricanes and The Fiat G.50 was powered by the same engine as the Fiat CR.42 biplane and the Macchi MC.200 Saetta. The advantage of the monoplane configuration showed in its improved top speed compared to the Fiat biplane, up by 26mph to 293mph, but the Macchi design was another 21mph faster, suggesting that the Fiat G.50 didn't make the best of the He destroyed another CR 42 the 9th November, while flying a Gladiator from Paramythia, before the 80th Squadron were re-equipped with the Hawker Hurricane. Adapting his tactics to the faster monoplane aircraft, Pattle downed a Fiat G 50 fighter the 20th February, to which a CR 42 followed the 27th February. Quel giorno, su Coriza, nove Gloster Gladiator della B Flight dell' 80 Squadron sorprendevano quattro C.R.42 del 160º Gruppo Autonomo C.T. di pattuglia da quota più alta e ne abbattevano subito uno (insieme ad un Fiat G.50 accorso in sua difesa). Allora altri otto C.R.42 decollavano per dar man forte ai colleghi, ma i piloti della RAF li On these battlefields, the last, and arguably the best, biplane fighters clashed – Italy’s Fiat CR.42 and Britain’s Gloster Gladiator. The respective types’ deployment on these fronts was of slightly different origin. O Gloster Gladiator foi um caça biplano inglês da Segunda Guerra Mundial. [ 1] Foi utilizado pela Royal Air Force, pela Fleet Air Arm (Avião Naval Britânica na variação de Sea Gladiator), também sendo exportado para vários países na década de 30. Foi o último caça biplano da RAF, tendo ficado obsoleto mesmo antes do início do conflito. Albin Wolf. Albin Wolf (28 octobre 1920 - 2 avril 1944) était un as de la Luftwaffe dans la seconde Guerre mondiale et un receveur posthume de la convoitée Chevalier Croix de Croix de Fer avec Feuilles de Chêne ( Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub ). Reconnu avec 144 victoires, il a été abattu par un obus antiaérien et a The C.R. 42 ordered in ealry december delivery started in march near completeded at invasion, the 42s fightning almost until 3 june The gladiator (in service since '37) fightning only until 11 may. in other words no more gladiator were in flying conditon (shood down, destroyed on groud, damaged ..) 34NsBT.