Grebe | |
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General information | |
Type | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Gloster Aircraft Company |
Designer | |
Primary users | Royal Air Force |
Number built | 133 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1923 |
First flight | 1923 |
Retired | RAF 1931, RNZAF 1938 |
Developed from | Gloster Grouse |
Variants | Gloster Gamecock |
The Gloster Grebe was developed by the Gloster Aircraft Company from the Gloster Grouse (an experimental aircraft later developed as a trainer), and was the Royal Air Force's first post-First World War fighter aircraft, entering service in 1923.