Both were purchased by an ex-Sea Gladiator pilot and sadly, N5903 become the donor to L8032 and last her engine and after parts to make her airworthy and after sat at the back of a hangar for some time the two Gladiators were presented to the Shuttleworth Trust and N5903 was loaned out to the Fleet Air Arm in Yeovilton missing her engine, propeller and spinner. Here she was refurbished and ut on static display in the FAA Museum in 1978.