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Gloster II
Role Racing seaplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company
Designer Henry Folland
First flight 19 September 1924
Number built 2
Developed from Gloster I

The Gloster II was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s. A single-engined biplane, two were built to compete in the 1924 Schneider Trophy air race. However the crash of the first prototype during testing meant that it could not be made ready for the race, which was postponed. The second aircraft was also lost in a crash.

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