| 247 Squadron Roborough (with detachments to Exeter), August 1940 to January 1941. Code letters: "HP". At 19:15 on 6 November 1940, the last engagement by a home-based Gladiator was fought when P/O R. C. Winter of 247 Sq. intercepted a He 111 off Falmouth and claimed to have damaged it. |
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| Serials | Code | Arrival | Note | Departure |
| K8049 | From AAEE. 22/02/38 To Gloster. 15/06/38 To RAE for spinning and de-icing trials. 09/10/39 To Gloster. 17/06/40 To 6 MU. 15/08/40 To 247 Sq. |
20/02/41 To 6 MU. 15/03/41 To Marshalls. 07/05/41 To 6 MU. 20/08/41 To Christchurch Station Flight. |
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| N2308 | HP-B | From 615 Sq. | To 2 AACU. | |
| N5575 | From RAE. | To 2 AACU. | ||
| N5576 | From 605 Sq. | To 1402 (Met) Flight. | ||
| N5585 | From 615 Sq. | 02/10/42 To Admiralty. | ||
| N5622 | 07/11/40 18:47-19:40 Patrol; F/O Winter claimed 1 damaged He 111. | |||
| N5631 | From 263 Sq. | To 1560 (Met) Flight. | ||
| N5644 | From Shetland Fighter Flight. | 20/11/40 19:35- Patrol over St. Eval area. Flew into hillside at Way’s Height, Okehampton, and aircraft destroyed beyond repair; 22-years-old Sgt Robert Tudor Thomas (RAF no. 754426) KIFA. | ||
| N5648 | From 152 Sq. | To 1561 (Met) Flight. | ||
| N5649 | From 263 Sq. | 22/11/40 Hit dispersal on night take-off and crashed at St. Eval, Cornwall, and airctaft deswtroyed beyond repair; F/O N. J. C. Francis safe. | ||
| N5682 | HP-K | From Shetland Fighter Flight. | To 1560 (Met) Flight. | |
| N5684 | From 263 Sq. | To 1562 (Met) Flight. | ||
| N5897 | To 401 (Met) Flight. | |||
| N5901 | From Shetland Fighter Flight. | 27/08/40 Hit trees in forced landing at night while lost, Werrington, Devon, and destroyed beyond repair. | ||
Gloster Gladiator in Commonwealth squadron service
