GLOSTER GAMECOCK
- Two British-built Gloster Gamecock Us were pur-chased by the Finnish
Air Force (Ilmavoimat) in 1928 and 15 more built by the National Aircraft
Factory/in Helsinki were delivered 1929/1930, with 420 hp Gnome-Rhone
Jupiter IV9Ab or IV9Hk, or 450 hp IV9Ag, engines, and armament of two
fixed forward-firing 0.303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns. With the local name
Kukko, the Gloster Gamecocks were still in service as fighter trainers
when the Winter War began in 1939 and the last was not retired until 1944.
Max speed, 157 mph
(252 km/h) at 5,000ft (1,525 m). Gross weight, 3,082 Ib (1,398 kg). Span,
30ft 1 in (9.16 m). Length, 19ft 10'h in (6.04m).
