Why Did the RAF Fight in This in 1940? The Gloster Gladiator Phenomenon
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Why Did the RAF Fight in This in 1940? The Gloster Gladiator Phenomenon
At the outbreak of World War II, the skies were rapidly becoming the domain of high-speed monoplanes. Yet, in 1940, the Royal Air Force went to war relying heavily on a "relic" of the past: the Gloster Gladiator. Why did British Command entrust the defense of the nation to an open-cockpit biplane against the modern might of the Luftwaffe? In ...
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