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Aircraft J8 Gloster Gladiator

History
Gloster Gladiator was a British biplane fighter aircraft used by several air forces during the Second World War. The initial order for two planes was placed in May 1936 in Sweden. An additional three planes were ordered in June 1936, followed by a larger order for 32 planes in April 1937. In Sweden, the aircraft was known as J 8.
One plane was delivered by air to Bromma on April 20, 1937. Despite the fact that the squadron (flotilla) F 8 Barkarby was established only in 1938, the aircraft was already marked with the squadron's identifier at the time of delivery. The plane was temporarily transferred to the Experimental Central (FC) for tactical testing, and later moved to F 8 detachment at F 1. The third delivered plane was also temporarily transferred to FC for testing skis and winter tactics.
The remaining planes from the initial orders were stationed at F 1 Hässlö. No licensed production took place as the air force only needed 18 more planes to equip a third division. These planes were ordered directly from Gloster, and the final planes were equipped with the developed My S3 engine.
During the spring of 1938, 25 planes, including the two tested by FC, were delivered to F 8 detachment at F 1. In October 1938, they were relocated to Barkarby, and the remaining ordered planes were delivered directly from the factory to F 8.
When the Second World War began in 1939, 51 planes were still in active service. On December 30, 1939, F 8 lent 12 planes to F 19 Finland. Since the nine remaining planes could not return to Sweden with Finnish markings, the Finnish swastika was painted over with various imaginative figures. During their time in Finland, the planes were designated with a blue swastika in a horizontal position. It is important to note that this swastika had no connection to Nazi Germany. The origin of the emblem was the swastika painted on the plane that the Swedish Count Eric von Rosen donated to the newly founded air force in 1918, which was subsequently used as a recognition mark on the planes.

When F 8 was re-equipped as J 9, the planes were transferred to F 9 Säve and F 10 Ängelholm. In 1943, 14 planes were transferred to F 5 Ljungbyhed for use at the flight cadet school. They accompanied the flight cadet school when it moved to F 20 Uppsala.
The last remaining J 8 in the air force was decommissioned in 1947. One is currently preserved in F 19 markings and is exhibited at the Air Force Museum in Linköping.
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