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 Sgt Reginald Malcolm Marsh, 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 09 February 2014