Known Gloster Gladiator claims in the Norwegian Campaign:
| Kill no. | Date | Number | Type | Result | Pilot | Plane type | Serial no. | Locality | Unit |
| 1 | 09/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (a) | Destroyed | Dag Krohn | Gladiator | 423 | SW Oslo/Fornebu | Jagevingen |
| 2 | 09/04/40 | 1 | Do 17 (b) | Destroyed | Dag Krohn | Gladiator | 423 | Nesodden | Jagevingen |
| 09/04/40 | 1 | Enemy bomber | Damaged | Dag Krohn | Gladiator | 423 | Jagevingen | ||
| 3 | 09/04/40 | 1 | Do 17 (c) | Destroyed | Kristian Fredrik Schye | Gladiator | 427 | Kolsås-Vøyen | Jagevingen |
| 4 | 09/04/40 | 1 | Ju 52/3m (d) | Destroyed | Finn Thorsager | Gladiator | 433 | Jagevingen | |
| 5 | 09/04/40 | 1 | Ju 52/3m (e) | Destroyed | Rolf Thorbjørn Tradin | Gladiator | 429 | Torgskjær | Jagevingen |
| 6 | 09/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (f) | Destroyed | Per Waaler | Gladiator | 425 | Oslo/Fornebu | Jagevingen |
| 09/04/40 | 1 | Enemy bomber | Damaged | Arve Braathen | Gladiator | 413 | Høvik | Jagevingen | |
| 7 | 25/04/40 | 1 | He115 (g) | Shared destroyed | ? | Gladiator | Dombås | 263 Squadron | |
| 8 | 25/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (h) | Destroyed | Randolph Stuart Mills | Gladiator | Lake Lesjaskog | 263 Squadron | |
| 9 | 25/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (i) | Destroyed | Sidney Robert McNamara | Gladiator | N5579 | Lake Lesjaskog | 263 Squadron |
| 10 | 25/04/40 | ½ | He 111 (j) | Shared destroyed | John William Donaldson | Gladiator | N5633 | S Vinstra | 263 Squadron |
| 10 | 25/04/40 | ½ | He 111 (j) | Shared destroyed | Randolph Stuart Mills | Gladiator | S Vinstra | 263 Squadron | |
| 25/04/40 | ½ | He 111 (k) | Shared damaged | John William Donaldson | Gladiator | N5633 | 263 Squadron | ||
| 25/04/40 | ½ | He 111 (k) | Shared damaged | Randolph Stuart Mills | Gladiator | 263 Squadron | |||
| 11 | 25/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (l) | Destroyed | John William Donaldson | Gladiator | Setnesmoen area | 263 Squadron | |
| 26/04/40 | 1 | He 111 | Damaged | ? | Gladiator | Setnessmoen | 263 Squadron | ||
| 27/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (m) | Shared damaged | Richard Smeeton | Sea Gladiator | N2275 | off Åndalsnes | 804 Squadron | |
| 27/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (m) | Shared damaged | Roderick Russell Lamb | Sea Gladiator | off Åndalsnes | 804 Squadron | ||
| 27/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (m) | Shared damaged | ? | Sea Gladiator | off Åndalsnes | 804 Squadron | ||
| 27/04/40 | 1 | He 111 (m) | Shared damaged | ? | Sea Gladiator | off Åndalsnes | 802 Squadron | ||
| 01/05/40 | 1 | Do 17 (n) | Shared damaged | ? | Sea Gladiator | W Namsos | 804 Squadron | ||
| 12 | 01/05/40 | ½ | Ju 87 (o) | Shared destroyed | John Filmer Marmont | Sea Gladiator | W Namsos | 802 Squadron | |
| 12 | 01/05/40 | ½ | Ju 87 (o) | Shared destroyed | ? | Sea Gladiator | W Namsos | 802 Squadron | |
| 01/05/40 | 1 | Ju 87 | Damaged | John Cockburn | Sea Gladiator | N2276 | W Namsos | 804 Squadron | |
| 01/05/40 | 1 | Do 17 (p) | Damaged | ? | Sea Gladiator | W Namsos | |||
| 13 | 22/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (q) | Destroyed | Michael Alexander Craig-Adams | Gladiator II | N5719 | Sjøvegan area | 263 Squadron |
| 14 | 23/05/40 | 1 | Do 17 (r) | Destroyed | Basil Whall | Gladiator II | W Harstadt | 263 Squadron | |
| 24/05/40 | 1 | Bf 110 (s) | Damaged | H. F. Grant Ede | Gladiator II | near Bardufoss | 263 Squadron | ||
| 15 | 24/05/40 | 1/3 | He 111 (t) | Shared Destroyed | William Riley | Gladiator II | Fjordbotneidet | 263 Squadron | |
| 15 | 24/05/40 | 1/3 | He 111 (t) | Shared Destroyed | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | Fjordbotneidet | 263 Squadron | |
| 15 | 24/05/40 | 1/3 | He 111 (t) | Shared Destroyed | H. F. Grant Ede | Gladiator II | Fjordbotneidet | 263 Squadron | |
| 16 | 25/05/40 | 1 | Ju90 (u) | Destroyed | H. F. Grant Ede | Gladiator II | N5705 | Dyrøy Island | 263 Squadron |
| 17 | 25/05/40 | 1 | Ju90 (v) | Destroyed | H. F. Grant Ede | Gladiator II | S E Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 18 | 25/05/40 | ½ | Ju90 (w) | Shared destroyed | Phillip Hannah Purdy | Gladiator II | near Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 18 | 25/05/40 | ½ | Ju90 (w) | Shared destroyed | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | near Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 19 | 26/05/40 | ½ | Ju 88 (x) | Shared Destroyed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | Skaanland | 263 Squadron | |
| 19 | 26/05/40 | ½ | Ju 88 (x) | Shared Destroyed | George Stanley Milligan | Gladiator II | Skaanland | 263 Squadron | |
| 20 | 26/05/40 | ½ | Do 17 (y) | Shared destroyed | Phillip Hannah Purdy | Gladiator II | S E Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 20 | 26/05/40 | ½ | Do 17 (y) | Shared destroyed | Michael Amor Bentley | Gladiator II | S E Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 21 | 26/05/40 | 1 | Do 17 (z) | Destroyed | Phillip Hannah Purdy | Gladiator II | S W Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 22 | 26/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (aa) | Destroyed | Parnall | Gladiator II | Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 23 | 26/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (aa) | Destroyed | William Riley | Gladiator II | Harstad | 263 Squadron | |
| 24 | 26/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (bb) | Destroyed | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | Saltdalen | 263 Squadron | |
| 25 | 26/05/40 | 1 | Ju 52/3m (cc) | Destroyed | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | Storfjellet, Saltdal | 263 Squadron | |
| 26 | 26/05/40 | 1 | Ju 52/3m (dd) | Destroyed | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | Ekornes, Evenesdal | 263 Squadron | |
| 27 | 26/05/40 | 1 | Ju 52/3m (ee) | Destroyed | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | Kvassteinheia, Saltdal | 263 Squadron | |
| 26/05/40 | 1 | He 111 | Damaged | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | Saltdalen | 263 Squadron | ||
| 28 | 27/05/40 | 1 | Ju 87 (ff) | Destroyed | Caesar Hull | Gladiator II | N5635 | Saltfjorden | 263 Squadron |
| 29 | 27/05/40 | 1 | enemy aircraft (gg) | Destroyed | Tony Lydekker | Gladiator II | Bodø area | 263 Squadron | |
| 30 | 27/05/40 | 1 | enemy aircraft (hh) | Destroyed | ? | Gladiator II | Bodø area | 263 Squadron | |
| 31 | 27/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (ii) | Destroyed | George Stanley Milligan | Gladiator II | near Narvik | 263 Squadron | |
| 32 | 28/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (jj) | Destroyed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5681 | Ofotfjord | 263 Squadron |
| 33 | 28/05/40 | 1/3 | He115 (kk) | Shared destroyed | George Hermann Joseph Feeny | Sea Gladiator | 520km off Vestfjord | 802 Squadron | |
| 33 | 28/05/40 | 1/3 | He115 (kk) | Shared destroyed | Guy Desmond D’Esterre Lyver | Sea Gladiator | 520km off Vestfjord | 802 Squadron | |
| 33 | 28/05/40 | 1/3 | He115 (kk) | Shared destroyed | David Neil Hamilton Ogilvie | Sea Gladiator | 520km off Vestfjord | 802 Squadron | |
| 34 | 29/05/40 | 1 | He 111 (ll) | Destroyed | George Stanley Milligan | Gladiator II | Narvik | 263 Squadron | |
| 35 | 02/06/40 | 1 | He 111 (mm) | Destroyed | Louis Jacobsen | Gladiator II | N5681 | Björnfjell | 263 Squadron |
| 36 | 02/06/40 | 1 | He 111 (nn) | Destroyed | Louis Jacobsen | Gladiator II | N5681 | Björnfjell | 263 Squadron |
| 37 | 02/06/40 | 1 | He 111 (nn) | Destroyed | Louis Jacobsen | Gladiator II | N5681 | Björnfjell | 263 Squadron |
| 38 | 02/06/40 | 1 | He 111 (nn) | Destroyed | Louis Jacobsen | Gladiator II | N5681 | Björnfjell | 263 Squadron |
| 39 | 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (oo) | Shared Destroyed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5905 | Bukkevatnet | 263 Squadron |
| 39 | 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (oo) | Shared Destroyed | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | Bukkevatnet | 263 Squadron | |
| 40 | 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (pp) | Shared Destroyed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5905 | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron |
| 40 | 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (pp) | Shared Destroyed | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | |
| 41 | 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (pp) | Shared Destroyed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5905 | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron |
| 41 | 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (pp) | Shared Destroyed | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | |
| 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (pp) | Shared Unconfirmed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5905 | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | |
| 02/06/40 | ½ | He 111 (pp) | Shared Unconfirmed | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | ||
| 02/06/40 | 1 | He 111 (pp) | Unconfirmed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5905 | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | |
| 42 | 02/06/40 | ½ | Ju 87 (qq) | Shared Destroyed | Alvin Williams | Gladiator II | N5905 | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron |
| 42 | 02/06/40 | ½ | Ju 87 (qq) | Shared Destroyed | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | |
| 02/06/40 | 1 | Ju 87 (pp) | Probable | Herbert Horatio Kitchener | Gladiator II | near Beisfjord | 263 Squadron | ||
| 43 | 07/06/40 | 1 | enemy bomber (rr) | Destroyed | ? | Gladiator II | 263 Squadron | ||
| 44 | 07/06/40 | 1 | enemy bomber (rr) | Destroyed | ? | Gladiator II | 263 Squadron | ||
| 45 | 07/06/40 | 1 | enemy bomber (rr) | Destroyed | ? | Gladiator II | 263 Squadron |
(a) Not confirmed with German sources.
(b) Bf 110C 'M8+?H' of 1./ZG 76 flown by Leutnant Erhard Kort and with air gunner Unteroffizier Heinrich Bockheimer, both killed.
(c) Almost certainly Unteroffizier Helmut Mütscherle's (with air gunner Gefreiter Karl Lorey) Bf 110C 'White F' 'M8+FH' of 1./ZG 76 which crash-landed at Vøyen. The German aviators became POW's.
(d) Ju 52/3m (WNr. 6570) of II/KG zbV 1; Feldwebel Albert Meier, his crew and 12 members of 2/FJR1 were all killed. This victory might possible be shared with Lieutenant Rolf Tradin.
(e) Ju 52/3m (WNr. 6570) of II/KG zbV 1; Feldwebel Albert Meier, his crew and 12 members of 2/FJR1 were all killed. This victory might possible be shared with Second Lieutenant Finn Thorsagen.
(f) Not confirmed with German sources but confirmed by his wing commander.
(g) Not confirmed with German sources.
(h) He 111 of 4/LG 1 claimed shot down.
(i) He 111 of 4/LG 1 flown by Unteroffizier Helmut Nolte shot down. Crashed near Lake Lesjaskog around 12:00. One member of the crew killed and three POW's.
(j) He 111 of Stab/LG 1 shot down to crash-land south of Vinstra, near Dombås at 1400. The badly injured wireless operator shot himself. Fw Hans Gutt and the rest of his crew were taken prisoners.
(k) He 111 of 6/LG 1 damaged shortly after 1400 with two of the crew wounded.
(l) He 111 of II/LG 1.
(m) He 111 from 1(F)/122 65% damaged and force-landed north-west of Trondheim. Claimed by three pilots from 804 Squadron and one from 802 Squadron
(n) Do 17P of 1(F)/120 damaged by two pilots from 804 Squadron
(o) Ju 87R of 2/StG 1 crashed into the sea west of Namsos at 18:25. Oberfeldwebel Erich Stahl and Unteroffizier Friedrich Gott picked up by a British destroyer.
(p) Do 17P of 1(F)/120 slightly damaged.
(q) Not verified with German records. Claimed in combat with He 111s from II/KG 26, which lost one aircraft from 5./KG 26 (reportedly shot down by AA) and got a second damaged.
(r) Not confirmed with German sources.
(s) Bf 110C-1 ‘M8+NK’ (WNr. 3920??) of 1./ZG 76, flown by Feldwebel Neureuter, shot down. The crew was rescued.
(t) Heinkel He 111H-3 ‘1H+KA’ (WNr. 2411) of Stab/KG 26 shot down. The pilot Oberleutnant Hartmut Paul was wounded and taken POW, Oberfeldwebel Eduard Strüber (observer) was killed, Unteroffizier Gunther Eichmann (flight engineer) was taken POW, Unteroffizier Hans Blunk (air gunner) was taken POW and Feldwebel Alfred Stock (wireless operator) was killed.
(u) Fw200 V2 W.Nr.2484 of 1/KG40 shot down near Dyrøy Island. The pilot Oberleutnant Hellmuth Schöpke became POW. The co-pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Messer and the flight engineer Feldwebel Walter Börjesson returned to unit. The radio operator Obergefreiter Kurt Hartleben was killed.
(v) Crashed in flames on Finnöy Island, to the south of Narvik at 10:30. Fw200 from 1/KG 40. One of the crew was killed in combat while the remaining four were taken POWS.
(w) Crashed into a fjord near Harstad after 2034. The identity of this aircraft is not verified with German sources.
(x) Actually a Do 17F of 1(F)/123. Fw. Anton Schairer and his crew perished.
(y) Crashed into a hillside 20 miles south of Narvik at 1500. Not confirmed with German sources.
(z) Not confirmed with German sources.
(aa) One He 111 of 2/KG26 and one He 111 of 2/KGr100 damaged each with one of the crew wounded.
(bb) He 111 of 1(F)/122 which crash-landed at Mo.
(cc) Ju 52/3m (WNr. 5636) of KGrzV 106 shot down at 16:15.
(dd) Ju 52/3m ‘BA+KH’ of KGrzV 106 shot down at 16:30.
(ee) Ju 52/3m “White 2” (WNr. 6713) of KGrzV 106 shot down between 16:30-16:40.
(ff) Ju 87 of 1/StG1 crashed in sea.
(gg) Confirmed from the ground but not confirmed with German sources.
(hh) Confirmed from the ground but not confirmed with German sources.
(ii) Confirmed by Norwegians but not confirmed with German sources.
(jj) He 111H-4 “1H+FA” of Stab/KG 26 flown by Oberleutnant Streng force-landed at Gjømmervann. The crew rescued by German troops
(kk) He115 of 2/KüFlGr506 shot down. Feldwebel Fritz Stahl and crew perished.
(ll) He 111 of 1/KG26 belly-landed near Ankenes. Pilot Uffz. Paul Richter and his crew became POWs.
(mm) Actually a Do215B of 4(F)/ObdL. The aircraft force-landed on the Swedish side of the border and the pilot Franz Reichardt and his crew were interned.
(nn) Confirmed later by ground troops but only one confirmed with German sources. This was He 111H-31 1H+CK (WNr 5607) of 2./KG26, which made an emergency landing on Lake Grövelsjön with the crew unhurt.
(oo) He 111H-4 “1H+BH” of 1./KG 26 shot down. Oberfeldwebel Otto Poser and his crew (Hans Hatlapa, Bernard Schulte and Franz Henkel) became POWs but were later released.
(pp) Not confirmed with German sources.
(qq) Ju 87R of 2/StG1 shot down. Oberleutnant Heinz Böhne and his gunner were killed.
(rr) Not confirmed with German sources.
The sinking of HMS Glorious and loss of 263 Squadron
Sources:
Aces High - Christopher Shores and Clive Williams, 1994 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-898697-00-0
Fledgling Eagles - Christopher Shores with John Foreman, Christian-Jaques Ehrengardt, Heinrich Weiss and Bjørn Olsen, 1991 Grub Street, London, ISBN 0-948817-42-9
Gladiator - Andrew Thomas, 2003 Battle of Britain, Key Publishing Ltd, Stamford
Gloster Gladiator Aces - Andrew Thomas, 2002 Osprey Publishing, London, ISBN 1-84176-289-X
Gloster Gladiator Home Page - Alexander Crawford
Men of the Battle of Britain - Kenneth G. Wynn, 1999 CCB Associates, ISBN 1-902074-10-6
Additional information kindly provided by Birger Larsen and Glenn Murray.
