Following the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, 263 Sqn was sent to Norway on HMS Glorious and landed southwest of Trondheim. It was a cold spring and the the RAF used the frozen Lake Lesjaskog to operate from. However the frozen surface thawed during the day, and disregarding advice from the Norwegian liaison officer, the RAF left the aircraft unattended overnight and when the Luftwaffe He 111s attacked in the early morning, the Gladiators were frozen into the ice and most of 263 Sqd was obliterated. The remains of the aircraft were sold to a local scrap merchant. N5641 was dismantled and placed in a shed where it remained until the mid-1970s when it was moved to Rygge for restoration. It is now on display in Bodø.

Owned by The Fighter Collection Duxford, currently dismantled for restoration Duxford Hangar II

Year built:- 1937

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Kauko Kivi.

N2291 stalled during roll at low altitude and dived into ground at Sheikh Othman bombing range on June 1, 1940. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Photo taken at the Officers Mess at Luqa, just after the aircraft had been refurbished by the RAF. Now resides at the War Museum, Fort St. Elmo, Valletta.

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Kauko Kivi.

The Swedish air force participated in the so called Winter War in Finland in the winter of 1939-1940. A special unit was formed (F19), operating aircraft painted in Finnish national markings. 287 did actually see service in Finland with code gH (yellow H)

Razor sharp image of the third Gladiator received by Sweden. Number G5/45637 painted above individual aircraft number 3. Tailfin reads 'G-5/HMH/240 C.X'. Aircraft struck off charge 18 December 1945. 983 flight hours, 2030 flights. Photo from: Flygvapenmuseum

On display at RAF Museum Hendon. This Gladiator was taken on charge in Aug. 1937. It served briefly at Boscombe Down in 1941 to test a pair of additional 0.303 in. guns fitted under the top wing. The aircraft was used as a trainer with No. 5 (P) Advanced Flying Unit in 1942. It was struck off charge in March 1948.

The well known G-AMRK in its original civil markings.

Year built:- 1937

Built in 1938 and later transferred to 263 Sqn of the RAF, where it was given it's HE-G code. After the German invasion in April 1940, it was one of 18 aircraft that was transferred to Norway on the carrier HMS Glorious. The RAF parked their aircraft in the slush on the ice and disregarding advice from the local Norwegian liaison officer. The aircraft were unattended and they froze into the ice during the night. When the Heinkels arrived in the morning, they were sitting ducks and most of 263 Sqd was obliterated . It was dismantled and hidden in a shed during the war years. The restoration process began in 1980.