Nightjar | |
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General information | |
Type | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Gloster Aircraft Company |
Designer | |
Primary user | Royal Air Force |
Number built | 22 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1922 |
First flight | 1921 |
Retired | 1924 |
Developed from | Nieuport Nighthawk |
The Nightjar was a British carrier-based fighter aircraft of the early 1920s. It was a modification of the earlier Nieuport Nighthawk fighter produced by Gloster after the Nieuport & General company, which designed the Nighthawk, closed down. Twenty-two were converted, serving with the British Royal Air Force from 1922 to 1924.