Originally Posted by Ken Scott
As I recall from my Jackdaw wallet file on the Battle of Britain (familiar to a certain age group?) there was a map of the UK marked up with airfields & group/ sector boundaries similar to the one which the WAAFs used on the plotting table. There were little symbols for all the squadrons, RAF & Luftwaffe, which you could position at the appropriate airfields & the sole Gladiator Sqn was at Roborough, Plymouth - 267? Didn't seem like much to defend such an important Naval dockyard.
Close, it was 247 Sqn, formed in July 1940. They were actually using the Gladiators mostly at night to fly defense patrols of the docks/city....which was probably wise.....although when you watch the TFC Gladiator being thrown around within the tight confines of the Duxford airfield perimeter, it's no wonder that 'Pat' Pattle scored as many as 15 kills with it.