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Re: Интервью с...
>10.05.1940 10:33 Gladiator
>Нифига себе! У англичан были "гладиаторы" во Франции?
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Как у нас на Форуме принято говорить: ВИКИ клевещет -
Belgium
Belgian Gladiators suffered heavy losses to the Germans in 1940, with all 15 operational aircraft lost,[42][43] while only managing to damage two German aircraft.[44] During the preceding Phoney War, on 24 April 1940 Belgian Gladiators on neutrality patrol shot down a German Heinkel He 111 bomber which subsequently crashed in the Netherlands. The bomber, V4+DA of Kampfgeschwader 1, had been damaged by French fighters at Maubeuge, France, and chased across the Belgian border.[45]
Battle of Britain
The Gloster Gladiator was in operational service with 247 Squadron, stationed at RAF Roborough, Devon during the Battle of Britain. Although no combat sorties took place at the height of the aerial battles, 247 Squadron Gladiators intercepted a Heinkel He 111 in late October 1940, without result. 239 Squadron, using Gladiators for army cooperation and 804 Naval Air Squadron, outfitted with Sea Gladiators, were also operational during the Battle of Britain.[46]