[size=50]created by picasa2html.com[/size]Wikipedia :The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force, a development of the Mk III Grebe, that first flew in February 1925. It differed from the Grebe primarily by way of its Bristol Jupiter engine, which replaced the unreliable Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Other changes included improved ailerons, refined fuselage contours, and internally mounted machine guns.
The Gamecock had a fairly short RAF service life, partly because of its high accident rate - of the 90 operated by the RAF, 22 were lost in landing or spin accidents. These faults were remedied in the Mk. II version, by means of a longer upper wing and a modified tail unit.
Gamecock fitted with outward-leaning struts in 1927
Gamecock fitted with Napier Lion engine, 1925-6
[size=50]created by picasa2html.com[/size]During the Finnish Winter War 1939-40, a Gamecock was used to capture a Soviet DB-3 bomber. On 29 January 1940 the Finnish Gamecock strafed two Soviet DB-3s when they landed on Finnish soil (which they mistook for Estonia) to transfer fuel from one plane to the other. The strafed crews hurried into the one plane that had enough fuel left and made good their escape, leaving the DB-3 behind to be captured by the Finns.[1]
[size=50]created by picasa2html.com[/size]Model's Alley Cat 1:32 resin
J8408 17 Squadron 1928
remote control; Squadron Leader Arnold AR DSO DFC
