A limited edition of 25, superbly finished as usual by Bravo Delta, specially commissioned by us and now in stock! Each model will be supplied with a brass nameplate. 

`Charity' will carry a colour scheme as worn in the air defence of Malta.

Gladiators were effective front line fighters when introduced in 1936 but were quickly surpassd in performance by the new monoplanes just coming into service at the beginning of WWII. 

For over 3 months 3 Gladiators were the Island of Malta’s sole air defence against attack. The Islanders affectionately called them “Faith”, “Hope” and “Charity” as they rose to do daily battle with Mussolini’s air force.

`Charity' will carry a colour scheme as worn in Malta

"Charity".  Sea Gladiator N5519 ‘G6A’ of 802  squadron from June-September 1939, she joined the Hal Far Fighter Flight and renamed 'Charity' on 19 April 1940. She was involved in defending Malta over the critical 1940 period but was shot down on 29 July 1940 and her pilot F/O PW Hartley RAF was badly burned.

Between 1936 and 1939, 527 Gladiators were built of which 216 were exported to Belgium, China, Greece, Finland, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal and Sweden. Gladiators distinguished themselves in many places during the second world war, but none more so than in Malta.