23/12-1998
I'm off for a three weeks Christmas Holiday, which means that updates will be slow during these weeks.
After kind correction from Mark E. Horan, the The sinking of HMS Glorious and loss of 263 Squadron page has been modified.
Steve Mazzarelli has kindly provided me with two images:
Commonwealth pilot Sidney Linnard.
Commonwealth pilot Alan Rawlinson
Commonwealth pilot Alan Boyd (same image as above)
Norwegian Army Air Service use of the Gloster Gladiator in the Second World War added.
Norwegian pilot Dag Krohn modified.
Norwegian pilot Kristian Fredrik Schye modified.
Norwegian pilot Finn Thorsager modified.
Norwegian pilot Rolf Thorbjřrn Tradin modified.
Norwegian pilot Per Waaler modified.

18/12-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Commonwealth pilot Jack Sewell modified.
Commonwealth pilot O. J. R. Nicolls added.

16/12-1998
The page about Slovakian pilots has been upgraded thanks to information kindly provided by Ondrej Repka.
Slovak pilot Frantisek Hanovec added.
Slovak pilot Viliam Jaloviar added.
Slovak pilot M. Ziaran added.
Slovak pilot Jozef Drlicka modified.

15/12-1998
Image of Norwegian pilots added.

14/12-1998
Gloster Gladiator in RAF and FAA squadron service modified.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Commonwealth pilot George Burges modified.

12/12-1998
Soviet pilot Anatolij Kislyakov modified.
Soviet pilot Georgij Kuzmin added.

11/12-1998
Gloster Gladiator in RAF and FAA squadron service modified.
Link to Allied and Soviet AFs of WW2 added.
Commonwealth pilot Haywood added.
Soviet pilot Anatolij Kislyakov modified.
Steve Mazzarelli has kindly provided me with two images:
Norwegian pilot Kristian Fredrik Schye
The Gloster Gladiator in the Belgian Air Force

10/12-1998
Gloster Gladiator in RAF and FAA squadron service modified.
Soviet pilot Andrej Danilov added.
Soviet pilot Anatolij Kislyakov added.

4/12-1998
After a very kind effort by Yuriy Svoyskiy, looking through my material and contributing with his own, I have started to modify Gloster Gladiator in RAF and FAA squadron service.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Italian pilot Ezio Monti added.
Italian pilot Germano Gasperoni added.
Italian pilot Tito Falconi modified.

2/12-1998
The Fiat CR.42 in the Belgian Air Force modified.

1/12-1998
Peter Taghon has kindly provided me with two more images:
Jean Maes
Marcel Michotte

30/11-1998
Image, kindly via Peter Taghon, added on Jean Offenberg.
Belgian pilot Denys Rolin modified again.
The Gloster Gladiator in the Belgian Air Force modified.

26/11-1998
Page about the Fairey Fox added.
Peter Taghon has provided me with two Fiat CR.42 images:
The Fiat CR.42
The Fiat CR.42 in the Belgian Air Force

26/11-1998
Thanks to kind help with information from Peter Taghon, my page about Belgian pilot has been considerable updated:
Belgian pilot Jean Offenberg modified.
Belgian pilot Jean Maes modified.
Belgian pilot Etienne Dufossez modified.
Belgian pilot Marcel Michotte modified.
Belgian pilot E de Moerlose modified.
Belgian pilot Henri Winand added.
Belgian pilot Jean Moreau added.
Belgian pilot Alexis Jottard added.

25/11-1998
Belgian pilot Jean de Callatay modified.
Belgian pilot Charles Goffin modified.
Belgian pilot Werner de Mérode modified.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.

24/11-1998
Belgian pilot Denys Rolin modified.
The Gloster Gladiator in the Belgian Air Force modified.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.

23/11-1998
Three images added:
Gloster Gladiator II in Finnish service
Vernon Woodward
Charles Fry

20/11-1998
Soviet pilot Konstantin Solovyov modified.
Soviet pilot Petr Pokryshev modified.
Soviet pilot Lazar Chapchakhov added.

19/11-1998
Johan Löfling has kindly provided me with two images:
Bristol Bulldog II and
Polikarpov I-153
Soviet pilot Ivan Kalabushkin modified.
Soviet pilot Aleksandr Baturin modified.

13/11-1998
Gloster Gladiator II in Finnish service modified.
Pilots from Belgium modified.
Belgian pilot Jean de Callatay added.
Belgian pilot Marcel Michotte added.
Belgian pilot Werner de Mérode added.
Belgian pilot Rolin added.
The Fiat CR.42 in the Belgian Air Force modified.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
"Timber" Woods modified.

9/11-1998
I'll be doing a lot of business travelling during the next two weeks, so updates on the site and answers to email will be slow during this short period.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Oscar Abello modified.
Tito Falconi added.

5/11-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
D'Ajello added.
Link added to Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War.

4/11-1998
Alexander Hohl has kindly provided me with two images of Austrian Fiat CR.32s.

3/11-1998
Ferdinando D'Amico has provided me with better images to the Fiat CR.42 and Regia Aeronautica in the Battle of Britain page.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Charles Keighly-Peach modified.

1/11-1998
Arne Frykholm updated with a very nice colour image!
The Fiat CR.42 in the Belgian Air Force modified.
Belgian Air Force use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War added.

30/10-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
A. N. Young added.
L. K. Keith modified.
Charles Keighly-Peach modified.
Peter Wickham modified.
Lloyd Schwab modified.
Link added to Mach Aviation magazine
Ferdinando D'Amico has provided me with even more excellent images:
Ernesto Botto
Francesso Cuscuna
Mario Rigatti

29/10-1998
Ferdinando D'Amico has provided me with another rare image of a post-war Fiat CR.42

27/10-1998
Christer Bergström and Ferdinando D'Amico has kindly provided me with more information about Ernesto Botto, an Italian version of Douglas Bader.
Hungarian pilot László Tomor added thanks to Dénes Bernád.

26/10-1998
Pavel Vancate has kindly helped me correct things on Fiat CR.42 and Regia Aeronautica in the Battle of Britain page.

22/10-1998
Renzo Bocconi image added.
Mario Rigatti image added.

21/10-1998
Michael Fletcher has kindly provided me with information about Ivan Kalabushkin's total score.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
George Burges modified.
Renzo Bocconi modified.
Mario Rigatti added.
Another image kindly provided by Johan Löfling and another biplane fighter on skies!!:
Polikarpov I-153

20/10-1998
I have changed email-address for the third time this month.... My new address is: hakan.gustavsson@triona.se
This site have been elected as a member of the World War II Website Association
Link to British WWII added.
Emergency landing on Rommehed modified.
Yuriy Svoyskiy has kindly provided me with some images:
Fiat CR.42 one image added.
Gloster Gladiator in RAF squadron service one image added.
Gloster Gladiator in the Norwegian Campaign 1940 one image added.

19/10-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Sartirana added.

16/10-1998
Tuomo Lukkari has kindly provided me with more info:
Toivo Uttu added.
Valio Porvari modified.
Bristol Bulldog IVA in Finnish service image added and info modified.
Dénes Bernád has kindly provided me with three new images:
Fiat CR.32 one image added.
The Fiat CR.42 in the Hungarian Air Force two images added.

15/10-1998
Emergency landing on Rommehed modified.
Johan Löfling has provided me with some images and information:
Polikarpov fighters in Finnish service picture and info added.
Avia B-534 another picture of a biplane fighter on skies added.

13/10-1998
Emergency landing on Rommehed modified.
Ferdinando D'Amico has provided me with even more excellent pictures:
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 two images added (one in colour!!)(also two Gladiator pictures added).
Fiat CR.32 one image added.
Fiat CR.42 two images added (one in colour!!).

12/10-1998
Emergency landing on Rommehed page added. (This is a story about an emergency landing of a Ju 52/3m on Rommehed, Borlänge (my hometown), i.e. it has nothing to do with biplane fighters...
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
"Timber" Woods modified.
George Burges modified.
L. K. Keith modified.
Antonio Chiodi modified.
P. W. V. Massy added.
Manlio Tarantino added.

9/10-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Pietro Calistri added.

8/10-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Oscar Abello added.
Peter Wykeham-Barnes picture added.

7/10-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Guido Bobba added.
Franco De Micheli added.
Gino Battaggion added.
Ernesto Botto added.
Renzo Bocconi added.
Antonio Chiodi added.
Ottorino Fargnoli added.
Abramo Lanzarini added.
Maresciallo Magli added.

6/10-1998
Ferdinando D'Amico has provided me with more pictures:
Enzo Omiccioli
Italian Fighter Aces
Fiat CR.32 colour image added!!!
Fiat CR.42 two images added (one in colour!!!)

4/10-1998
Added a link to a very nice site:
East Anglia: The Air War

1/10-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
Charles Keighly-Peach modified.
L. K. Keith added.

30/9-1998
Ferdinando D'Amico has provided me with a picture of a Fiat CR.32
"Timber" Woods modified.
George Burges modified.
Charles Keighly-Peach modified.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.

29/9-1998
F19 calendar over activities during the Winter War modified again with a complete combat record of the not so very successful first combat mission flown by F19.

25/9-1998
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.
John Waters modified.
"Timber" Woods modified.

24/9-1998
George Kettlewell picture added.
Jack Sewell picture added.
Gerald Le Mesurier picture added.
Edward Hewett picture added.

23/9-1998
Dag Krohn picture added.

22/9-1998
William Vale picture added.
"Tap" Jones picture added.
Gordon Steege picture added.
George Burges modified.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.

21/9-1998
Added a page about the books of Mikael Forslund
Mikael Forslund has provided me with two excellent images of a CR.42 and a Gladiator on skies:
History of the Gloster Gladiator in the Swedish Airforce picture added.
Fiat CR.42 Falco in the Swedish Airforce picture added.
Pavel Vancata has kindly provided another image:
Fiat CR.42 and Regia Aeronautica in the Battle of Britain.

17/9-1998
Model images of Ian Iacobi's Gladiator added, thanks to Artur Golebiewski.
George Burges modified.
John Waters modified.
"Timber" Woods modified.
Celso Zemella picture added.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 modified.

16/9-1998
John Waters picture added.
Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41 page added. It will take some time before this one is complete...
The Swedish Aviation writer Mikael Forslund has provided me with two excellent images:
Gloster Gladiator picture added.
Fiat CR.42 Falco in the Swedish Airforce picture added.

15/9-1998
Ian Iacobi modified.
F19 calendar over activities during the Winter War modified again and also more pictures added.
Greek Air Force use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War picture added.
Charles Casbolt picture added.
Nigel Cullen picture added.
Leonard Cottingham picture added.
John Scoular picture added.

13/9-1998
Finnish pilot M.Sukanen added.
Finnish pilot L.Sihvo added.
Finnish pilot H.Strömberg added.
Oiva Tuominen modified.
Paavo Berg modified.
Gloster Gladiator II in Finnish service modified.
Patrick Dunn picture added.
Sidney Linnard picture added.
Peter Wickham picture added.
Yugoslavian Air Force use of the Hawker Fury during the Second World War pictures added.
Pavel Vancata has kindly provided two images:
Fiat CR.42 and Regia Aeronautica in the Battle of Britain.
The Slovak National Uprising and the last biplane kill of the Second World War .

10/9-1998
Hungarian pilot Márton Szönyi added!

9/9-1998
Ian Iacobi picture added.
Roland Martin picture added.
Carl-Olof Steninger picture added.
Anastassios Bardivilias picture added.
Giorgio Graffer picture added.

8/9-1998
Jörn Juel Ulrich pictures added!
Gloster Gladiator II in Finnish service picture added.
Jean Offenberg picture added.
Rodolphe De Hemricourt de Grunne picture added.
Wilfred Arthur picture added.
Brian Boyle picture added.
George Burges picture added.

7/9-1998
Bristol Bulldog IVA in Finnish Service modified.
Pentti Tevä modified.
Swedish Fighter Pilots picture added.
Per-Johan Salwén picture added.
Gideon Karlsson picture added.
"Timber" Woods picture added.
Greek pilot Anastassios Bardivilias added.
Ioanis Kellas modified.
Greek Air Force use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War added.
Danish pilots modified.
Yugoslavian pilots page added!
Konstantin Jermakov added.
Hawker Fury page added.
Known claims with the Hawker Fury in the Second World War added.
Yugoslavian Air Force use of the Hawker Fury during the Second World War added.

3/9-1998
F19 calendar over activities during the Winter War modified again and more pictures added.

2/9-1998
Danish Fighter pilots added!
Jörn Juel Ulrich added.
Carl Knud Kalmberg added.
Povl Balzer Christensen added.
Lauri Lautamäki modified.
Oiva Tuominen modified.
Ilmari Joensuu modified.
Gloster Gladiator II in Finnish service modified.

31/8-1998
Jozef Drlicka modified.
Stefan Martis modified.
Slovak pilot Viliam Grun added.
Slovak Air Arm use of the Avia B-534 and Bk-534 during the Second World War modified.
Known claimes with the Avia B-534 and Avia Bk-534 modified.
Civil use of the Fiat CR.42 Falco in Sweden text and pictures added.
Hungarian Air Force use of the Avia B-534 during the Second World War text and picture added
Avia B-534 technical details added.
Fiat CR.32 page added.
Polikarpov I-15 page added.
Biplane Fighters pictures added.
Fiat CR.42 Falco pictures of MM5701 added.

27/8-1998
Chinese aces added.
Shui-Tin 'Arthur' 'Art' Chin added.

26/8-1998
The sinking of HMS Glorious and loss of 263 Squadron
Soviet ace Ivan Kalabushkin added.
Commonwealth Aces - some non-ace pilots added.
Hungarian pilots added - nothing on it yet, HELP needed!!

25/8-1998
The Fiat CR.42 in the Hungarian Air Force pictures added.
Slovak Air Arm use of the Avia B-534 and Bk-534 during the Second World War picture added.
The Slovak National Uprising and the last biplane kill of the Second World War picture added.
Frantisek Cyprich modified.
J. Drlicka modified.
Frantisek Brezina modified.
Stefan Martis modified.

24/8-1998
History of the Fiat CR.42 Falco in the Swedish Airforce modified.
The Fiat CR.42 in the Belgian Air Force added.
The Fiat CR.42 in the Hungarian Air Force added.

20/8-1998
F19 calendar over activities during the Winter War modified again.

19/8-1998
F19 calendar over activities during the Winter War modified.
Pentti Tevä modified.
Pictures added on :
Oiva Tuominen
Pavo Berg
Antti Joensuu
Valio Porvari
Olavi Puro
Lauri Lautamäki

18/8-1998
Greek pilots page added!
Ioanis Kellas added.
Petr Afanasevich Pokryshev added.

16/8-1998
Bristol Bulldog technical details added.
Pentti Tevä added.

12/8-1998
Gloster Gladiator in the Norwegian Campaign 1940 under construction
Caesar Hull modified.
William Riley modified.
Basil Whall modified.
Alvin Williams modified.

10/8-1998
Started to work on F19 calendar over activities during the Winter War
Ian Iacobi picture added.

8/8-1998
Avia B-534 added.
Slovakian Aces added.

7/8-1998
Gloster Gladiator in RAF squadron service

3/8-1998
Gloster Gladiator II in Finnish service
Bristol Bulldog IVA in Finnish service
Finnish aces modified.
Lauri Lautamäki modified.
Valio Porvari modified.
Jimmy Kettlewell picture added.
Bill Vale picture added.
Peter Wykeham-Barnes picture added.

29/7-1998
Design modified (Biplane fighter page added).
Sources added on Credit page.
Polikarpov fighters in Finnish service
Pictures added on :
The Falco in the Battle of Britain
'Cas' Casbolt
Nigel Cullen
Oiva Tuominen
'Jerry' Westenra

23/7-1998
More info added on some Commonwealth aces:
Brian Boyle
Andrew Duncan
John Hewitson
Gerald Le Mesurier
Robin Pare

22/7-1998
More Italian aces added.

16/7-1998
Some pictures added here and there...
Started to work on the Italian page.
My summer vacation starts tomorrow (Hurray!!!) which means that work will be slower for the next four weeks.

15/7-1998
More information about Fiat CR.42 and Gladiator.
More info about 'Jerry' Westenra and Vernon Woodward.

14/7-1998
Norwegian pilots completed.

13/7-1998
More info from Christer Bergström.

11/7-1998
Fiat CR.42 and Regia Aeronautica in the Battle of Britain.
Commonwealth aces completed.
Swedish pilots completed.

9/7-1998
Belgian page added with 1 Belgian ace.
More Commonwealth aces added.

6/7-1998
Lots of Soviet aces provided kindly by Christer Bergström.
More Commonwealth aces added.

29/6-1998
What's to be done page added.
Page moved to www.dalnet.se/~surfcity.
Meta Tags added.
More Commonwealth aces added.

20/6-1998
Biography on Finnish aces finnished.
Two Soviet fighter aces added.

11/6-1998
Index page modified.
Still lots of pages under construction...

10/6-1998
First version uploaded.