Gloster
Proper noun
Meaning
Gloster
Obsolete spelling of Gloucester.
Examples
All other types combined added 158. Even though it was not fully operational, the jet-powered Gloster Meteor was rushed into service with No. 616 Squadron RAF to fight the V-1s.
Butler and Buttler 2006, p. 18. Operational service Second World War Gloster Meteor F.1 of No. 616 Squadron No. 616 Squadron RAF was the first to receive operational Meteors: a total of 14 aircraft were initially delivered.
Gloster solved the problem by substituting the tail of the abortive " G 42 " single-engined jet fighter.
As a result, the Peregrine saw use in only two aircraft: the Westland Whirlwind fighter and one of the Gloster F.9/37 prototypes.
As improved jet fighters emerged, Gloster decided to modernise the F.4 while retaining as much of the manufacturing tooling as possible.
At the end of 1940, the Air Staff's preferred night fighter design was the Gloster F.18/40 (derived from their F.9/37 ).