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Re: Lake Lesjaskog Gladiators

Posted by andy saunders on Fri Aug 16, 2002 06:57:17 PM

In reply top Re: Lake Lesjaskog Gladiators posted by Mikael Olrog on Fri Aug 16, 2002 06:31:26 PM

: 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 restora
: tion in UK.
:
: Gladiator Mk II N5579 D Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn, str
: affed and sank 25 april 1940. Recovered in 1972. Stored fo
: r future restoration for Norwegian Air Force Museum.
:
: Gladiator Mk II N5589 D Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn, str
: affed and sank 25 april 1940. Recovered in 1972. Reportedl
: y stored at RAF AFB in Germany.
:
: Gladiator Mk II N5628 D Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvatn, str
: affed and sank 25 april 1940. Recovered in 1975. RAFM Hend
: on. Fuselage only.
:
: Gladiator Mk II N5641 PV HE-G Landed on lake Lesjaskogsvat
: n. 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. Thes
: e parts are stored at Gardemoen.
:
: /Mikael
:
:
:
: : Hi all,
: :
: : Of all the 263 squadron Gloster Gladiators that were des
: tr
: : oyed on Lake Lesjaskog, Norway, relatively few has been
: re
: : covered. So far the forward fuselage of one now at the R
: AF
: : M, and an engine if I'm correct. The Gladiator now on di
: sp
: : 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 thin
: ki
: : ng that there must be more airframes still at the bottom
: ?
: :
: : Cees

There are others. I know that two or three other wrecks were brought back to the UK in last couple of years and are being worked on. I myself was part of a team out there in May this year recovering N5647 from another location and as we speak I believe others (plural!) are being investigated/recovered in official collaboration with the Norwegians.

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