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Imperial War Museum. Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. 2019 Battle of Britain air show. Gloster gladiator. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Imperial War Museum. Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. 2019 Battle of Britain air show. Gloster gladiator.

Imperial War Museum. Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. 2019 Battle of Britain air show. The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm 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.