INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator

Type	Total Number 2000	FAA notes 1999-2000	Threat Status 1999-2000	Changes 1999-2000
Gloster Gladiator	7 (+?) 2 airworthy examples and at least 5 preserved static examples see The Life and Times of Gloster Gladiator II N5903 by Douglas Rose	One FAA aircraft is known to be preserved N5520	No information	1 under restoration to airworthy condition. Norsk Luftfartsmuseum (Norway) collaborating with Jet Age Museum (UK) on the construction of several Gloster Gladiators intended for museum use (see link for latest news)(restoration work will be carried out by Retro-Track).

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Gloster Gladiator
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	-	N5520 - "Faith"	Sea Gladiator	Marked as "N5520 - "Faith"	National War Museum (Malta) Historic Gladiator of 802 sqdn in HMS Glorious 1939/1940 subsequently involved as part of Hal Far Fighter Flight in defence of Malta, 1940-1941.	Static
	G-GLAD	N5903	"Sea" Gladiator II	Marked as "N5903", previously marked as an RN Sea Gladiator	The Fighter Collection (UK) (ex Shuttleworth Collection 1994 and ex loaned to FAA Museum, Yeovilton 1971-1994 in FAA Sea Gladiator colours)	Airworthy, under restoration to flying condition
	G-AMRK	L8032 'K8032'	Gladiator I	Previously marked as "L8032,G-AMRK,K8032"	Shuttleworth Collection (UK)	Airworthy
	-	-	Gladiator	-	Jet Age Museum/Gloucestershire Aviation Collection (UK)	Static
	-	K8042	Gladiator II	-	RAF Museum, Hendon (UK)	Static
			Gladiator II	In original RAF camouflage and 263 sqdn codes for the Norwegian campaign in 1940 as "HE-G". See photo	Norwegian Aviation Museum/Norsk Luftfartsmuseum, Bodø (Norway) RAF 263 sqdn aircraft, flown in from HMS "Glorious" to an airstrip on Lake Lesjaskogsvann on 24 April, 1940. Damaged by the Germans subsequently stored.	Static
		N5641 / HE-	Gladiator		Militaire Luchtmacht Museum, Kamp van Zeist, Soesterberg (Netherlands) Former RAF aircraft	Static

Associations and reunions

FURTHER INFORMATION
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7

Last Modified: 3-12-2000

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