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Re: Lake Lesjaskog Gladiators

Posted by Mikael Olrog on Fri Aug 16, 2002 06:31:26 PM

In reply top Lake Lesjaskog Gladiators posted by Cees Broere on Fri Aug 16, 2002 09:38:41 AM

Here's a list of the recovered Gladiators from Norway that I know about.

Gladiator Mk I N5719 D G-CBHO, HE*K No 263sq Under restoration in UK.

Gladiator Mk II N5579 D Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn, straffed and sank 25 april 1940. Recovered in 1972. Stored for future restoration for Norwegian Air Force Museum.

Gladiator Mk II N5589 D Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn, straffed and sank 25 april 1940. Recovered in 1972. Reportedly stored at RAF AFB in Germany.

Gladiator Mk II N5628 D Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn, straffed and sank 25 april 1940. Recovered in 1975. RAFM Hendon. Fuselage only.

Gladiator Mk II N5641 PV HE-G Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn. Recovered and stored in a shed to 1977, now on show at Norsk Luftfartsmuseum Bod?.

Apart from this there is a set of wings and some fuselage parts and other parts from the Norwegian Gloster Gladiator No 427 that took part in the fighting in April 1940. These parts are stored at Gardemoen.

/Mikael



: Hi all,
:
: Of all the 263 squadron Gloster Gladiators that were destr
: oyed on Lake Lesjaskog, Norway, relatively few has been re
: covered. So far the forward fuselage of one now at the RAF
: M, and an engine if I'm correct. The Gladiator now on disp
: lay in Norway is another aiframe rescued but during the wa
: r and hidden in a barn and is now restored.
:
: A lot of Gladiators were destroyed, am I correct in thinki
: ng that there must be more airframes still at the bottom?
:
: Cees

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