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Tamiya 61049 148 Type II Betty Isshikirikko – Metro Hobbies

The Gloster Gladiator was a British built single seater biplane fighter manufactured by the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company. It was used by the RAF and was also exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. Although a biplane, the Gladiator was very different from the older types. It was powered by the 840hp British Mercury VIIIA 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine; it had a top speed of 257 mph and accommodating four Browning 303 machine guns. RAF Church Fenton in Yorkshire was opened in April 1937 as a result of the RAF’s massive expansion programme and in response to the escalating military activity in Germany under Adolf Hitler. The station was intended as a fighter base to protect the North’s industrial cities and was home to both offensive and defensive squadrons as part of No. 13 Group, including