Aircraft Photo of N5641 | Gloster Gladiator Mk2 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #25689
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N5641
Military Code:HE-G
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator
Aircraft Version:Gloster Gladiator Mk2
C/n (msn):[ N5641 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:263 Sqn
Location
City / Airport:BodøMap
Country:Norway
Airport Codes:ICAO: ENBO   IATA: BOO   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Norsk Luftfartsmuseum
 
Photo Date:13 June 2016
Photo by:Peter Vercruijsse
Photo ID: 25689
Photo Comment

RAF N5641 built 1938, it was badly damaged in action at Lake Lesjaskog on 25-Apr-1940 while fighting in Norway. Later in 1940 it was recovered from the water and stored. From 1980 it was restored at Rygge and later went to the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum in Bodø. It carries the 263 Sqn code HE

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