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Gloster Nightjar information


Nightjar
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company
Designer Henry Folland
First flight 1921
Introduction 1922
Retired 1924
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 22
Developed from Nieuport Nighthawk

The Nightjar was a British carrier-based fighter aircraft of the early 1920s. It was a modification of the earlier Nieuport Nighthawk fighter produced by Gloster after the Nieuport & General company, which designed the Nighthawk, closed down. Twenty-two were converted, serving with the British Royal Air Force from 1922 to 1924.

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