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unusual facts about Gloster E.1/44


No Highway in the Sky

As noted in contemporary sources, the picture was filmed in 1950 at Denham Studios with location shooting at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England, although a scene with a Gloster E.1/44 prototype was possibly staged at Boscombe Down.


Bell P-59 Airacomet

Major General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold became aware of the United Kingdom's jet program when he attended a demonstration of the Gloster E.28/39 in April 1941.

G40

Gloster E.28/39, also known as the Gloster G.40, a United Kingdom jet developed during World War II

Gloster E.28/39

In April 1943, W4046 flew to Hatfield for a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister and members of the Air Staff.


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