1957-built single seat Gnat F.1 ex 8396M.

XK741 repainted as a Finnish AF aircraft and exhibited at the Midland Air Museum. Wings are being constructed and hopefully will be fitted soon.

Gnat F.1 single-seat development aircraft used by BSE Engines. To 8396M in 1961 and used for ground display. Note the smaller fin of this early aircraft. Later preserved at Southampton.

Single-seat Gnat F.1 displayed at the 1957 Paris Air Salon. Crashed at A&AEE Boscombe Down on October 15, 1958. Also visible are WS-55 Whirlwind G-AOCZ and Blackpool-built Hawker Hunter F.4 XF990.

Seen parked adjacent to the Avro Lincoln in the RAF Museum Cosford Collection.

In June 1958 Yugoslavia purchased two examples of the private-venture Gnat for evaluation, both being delivered by rail. They were flown by the flight test centre but one was written off in a belly landing after a hydraulics failure in October 1958. Although at one stage there was interest in licence production of up to 700 single and two-seater Gnats, no further aircraft were ordered and second-hand F-86 Sabres were acquired instead

The surviving fuselage of RAF Gnat F.1 XK741 has been restored as 'GN-101' of the Finnish AF. The original GN-101 was c/n FL.8 and is preserved in Finland.

Folland-built Gnat F1 single-seat fighter on display at the 1957 Farnborough airshow before delivery to Finland.

The Gnat was an attempt to reverse the trend towards ever more compex fighters. Two were delivered to Yugoslavia for evaluation.