Gloster Gauntlet

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The Gloster Gauntlet was a single-seat, biplane fighter of the RAF. It was the last RAF fighter to have an open cockpit and the penultimate biplane.

The prototype first flew in 1933 and the Mk. I entered service in May 1935. This was replaced in production by the Mk. II after 24 had been completed. The new model used different construction methods following the merger of Gloster with Hawker-Siddeley and entered service in May 1936; 204 Mk. IIs were produced.

The Mk. I was withdrawn from front-line service in 1938, while the Mk. II survived until the outbreak of World War II.

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