Gloster Aircraft Co: Gauntlet

November 1932. Gloster SS.19. (Flight 1932/11/17).

January 1934.

Note: This is a sub-section of Gloster Aircraft Co.

The Gloster Gauntlet was a single-seat, biplane fighter of the RAF designed and built by Gloster Aircraft in the 1930s. It was the last RAF fighter to have an open cockpit and the penultimate biplane fighter in service.

Variants

• SS.18: Single-seat prototype. The aircraft was fitted with a 450-hp (336-kW) Bristol Mercury IIA radial piston engine.
• SS.18A: The SS.18 was fitted with a 480 hp (358 kW) Bristol Jupiter VIIF radial piston engine.
• SS.18B: The SS.18 was later fitted with a 560 hp (418 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Panther III radial piston engine.
• SS.19: Single-seat prototype; fitted with a Bristol Jupiter radial piston engine.
• SS.19A: The SS.19 was later fitted with two wheel spats, and a single spatted tailwheel.
• SS.19B: Single-seat prototype; fitted with a 536 hp (400 kW) Bristol Jupiter VIS radial piston engine.
• Gauntlet Mk I: Single-seat fighter aircraft for the RAF; 24 built.
• Gauntlet Mk II: Single-seat fighter aircraft; modified version of the Gauntlet Mk I; 221 built.

See Also

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Sources of Information

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