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After German Gotha bomber raids on London in 1917, British planners began searching for new ways to counter massed bomber formations. This led to an unusual interwar idea: heavily armed “gun fighters” equipped with large-calibre Coventry Ordnance Works cannons intended to engage bombers from unconventional angles. In this video I look at the aircraft built around that concept, including ambitious multi-seat designs and single-seat fighters that mounted 37 mm guns firing upward. Although the approach ultimately proved impractical, it played a role in shaping later RAF thinking about fighter armament and bomber interception.