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Published: 2021-01-15
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9788366549210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book compiles the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the J 8A Gloster Gladiator. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also included are photos of the details in B&W and color.
Author: Marek Ryś
Publisher:
Published: 2020-05-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9788366148864
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dariusz Karnas
Publisher: Scale Plans
Published: 2016-06-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788365281258
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Gloster Gladiator variants. A3 size pages in A4 pb. All subversions are shown.
Author: RICHARD A. FRANKS
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780995777316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Adam Cotton
Publisher: Monograph
Published: 2019-05-05
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9788365437860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Gloster Gladiator was the very last biplane fighter to enter service with the RAF. Yet, despite being one of the fastest biplanes ever built, it was already obsolete upon its introduction to service in January 1937. Nonetheless, in the first eighteen months of WW2, it garnered many combat plaudits in the skies over the frozen Arctic, the sun-kissed Mediterranean, and the arid deserts of Africa. In Britain, it provided crucial defense of the RN Fleet anchored at Scapa Flow, and was among the first aircraft sent to France to aid the BEF. Adopted early-on by the FAA and renamed Sea Gladiator, for a time this navalized version represented the nearest thing the service had to a modern fighter as it struggled toward parity with its Axis opponents. This book tells the complete story. The text covers not only the type's remarkable operational history, but also that of Gloster's journey to its production. Also examined are the Gladiator's design and construction, and its subsequent technical development. Second-line duties and service with foreign air forces are also briefly covered. Supporting lavish artwork and 3-D exploded views vividly bring the aircraft to life, making it an ideal reference work for the modeler.
Author: Alex Crawford
Publisher: MMP
Published: 2009-04-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788389450593
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Gladiator was the last biplane fighter in service with the RAF. Despite its obsolescence in 1939 it saw considerable active service in WW2, from the African desert to the snows of Finland. In this two-volume set, Alex Crawford tells the complete story of the Gladiator. Volume 1 covers the development and operational history of the aircraft, with full details of all the units which flew the Gladiator, the many foreign users, and air-to-air claims made by Gladiator pilots.
Author: W. A. Harrison
Publisher:
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780897474504
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →History of the RAF's last biplane fighter from prototype through its extensive service in WW II, illustrated with 100 b/w photos, line art, 10 full color profiles, 3 cover paintings.
Author: Alex Crawford
Publisher: White
Published: 2011-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788389450647
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Gladiator was the last biplane fighter in service with the RAF. Despite its obsolescence in 1939 it saw considerable active service in WW2, from the African desert to the snows of Finland. In this two-volume set, Alex Crawford tells the complete story of the Gladiator. In Volume 2, the technical specifications, details of surviving airframes and more color schemes are presented. Both volumes contain many photos, scale plans, and color profiles. Together they represent the most detailed coverage of this classic fighter available, an invaluable resource for aviation enthusiasts and historians.
Author: P.D. Stemp
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2010-01-12
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 1445792990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gloster Aircraft - One of the early pioneering companies of Great Britain, during the early part of the 20th. Century. At the very forefront of British Aviation. A comprehensive study of this manufacturer.
Author: Håkan Gustavsson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-12-20
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1782003290
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War I. However, by the time both aircraft entered service in the late 1930s, they were already obsolete. Nevertheless, they gave sterling service on all fronts in the Mediterranean and Africa in 1940–41. Indeed, the CR.42 was the Regia Aeronautica's staple fighter in both North and East Africa, Greece and over Malta in 1940–41, during which time its pilots routinely fought British and Commonwealth squadrons equipped in the main with Gladiator biplanes. Some bitter dogfights were fought between these two types as the Allies attempted to gain control of the skies over North Africa, Greece and East Africa. Both types were flown in the main by highly experienced pre-war pilots, and this in turn made for some closely fought engagements. The first known combat between the CR.42 and the Gladiator took place on 14 June 1940 over North Africa and the last engagement between the two types occurred on 24 October 1941 over the East African front.
