Gloster Gladiator in 54 RAF Squadron service

54 Squadron
Hornchurch, April 1937 to April 1939.
Serials Code Arrival Note Departure
K7894   12/04/38 From 3 Sq.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7917   07/05/37 From Manufacturer.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7918   30/04/37 From Manufacturer.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7920   27/04/37 From Manufacturer.   21/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7921   03/05/37 From Manufacturer.   10/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7923   05/05/37 From Manufacturer.   07/04/38 To Packing Depot
05/05/38 To Aircraft Depot Aboukir for 80 Sq.
K7924   06/05/37 From Manufacturer.   28/02/39 To 603 Sq.
K7925   07/05/37 From Manufacturer. 22/04/38 Undershot flare path and hit fence, Sutton Bridge. 06/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7926   10/05/37 From Manufacturer.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7927   19/05/37 From Manufacturer.   21/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7928   10/05/37 From Manufacturer.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7929   10/05/37 From Manufacturer.   21/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7930   19/05/37 From Manufacturer. 26/01/39 Flew into ground in snowstorm, Baldock, Herts.; P/O Theodore Ralph Tate Carr-Ellison injured and died on 30/01/39. 02/02/39 Wreck to 13 MU.
SOC.
K7931   19/05/37 From Manufacturer.   24/01/39 To Air Member for Development & Production (AMDP) for gun sight trials.
09/05/39 Returned to 54 Sq. from AMDP.
30/08/39 To 27 MU.
30/09/39 To 603 Sq.
K7932   19/05/37 From Manufacturer.   06/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7933   19/05/37 From Manufacturer. 16/06/38 Propeller damaged by own bullets over range and engine broke away. Crashed into the sea off Leysdown, Kent, and abandoned too late by F/O Arthur Ambrose Guy, who was KIFA. 16/06/38 Wreck to 1 Air Armament School.
20/11/30 SOC.
K7935   20/05/37 From Manufacturer.   30/02/39 To 603 Sq.
K7936   15/10/37 From 65 Sq.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7937   15/10/37 From 65 Sq.   05/04/38 To Packing Depot
05/05/38 To Aircraft Depot Aboukir for 80 Sq.
K7938   15/10/37 From 65 Sq.   30/07/39 To 603 Sq.
K7946   11/04/39 From 65 Sq.   03/06/39 To 615 Sq.
K7949   11/04/39 From 65 Sq.   13/06/39 To 615 Sq.
K7961   11/04/39 From 65 Sq.   03/06/39 To 615 Sq.
K7972   23/08/38 From 87 Sq.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7987   10/11/38 From 6 ATS.   29/08/39 To 615 Sq.
K7990   16/06/38 From 56 Sq.   30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K8013   16/08/37 From Manufacturer.   15/10/37 To 65 Sq.
K8014   16/08/37 From Manufacturer.   15/09/37 To 65 Sq.
K8015   19/08/37 From Manufacturer.   15/09/37 To 65 Sq.
K8029   04/09/37 From Manufacturer.   09/02/38 To 65 Sq.
K8044   11/04/39 From 65 Sq.   12/06/39 To 615 Sq.


Gloster Gladiator Mk.I of 54 Squadron operating from Hornchurch, Essex, in June 1938.
© 1999 Rick Kent

Gloster Gladiator in Commonwealth squadron service






Last modified 16 April 2009