AIM - Ground Equipment GE48048

Gloster Meteor F.8 / FR.9 (5) EXPECTED SOON * 44-500 - Meteor F.8, Royal Danish Air Force, summer 1953 - Dark Green / Dark Sea Grey / Medium Sea Grey camo and colorful "Lorn" ( winged Lion-Eagle ) unit insignia. Originally built for Egypt, 10 Meteors F.8 were embargoed and delivered to Danmark instead. * 1421 - Meteor F.8, Egyptian Air Force, 1956 - Aluminium scheme. Armed with 8 Sakr rockets - the same as used a.o. on EAF MiG-17Fs, MiG-15bis, Vampires and Yak-11s - EAF Meteors F.8 flew successful combat missions against Israeli positions in the Sinai during the first days of the Suez War in October 1956. * 419 - Meteor F.8, Syrian Arab Air Force, 1956 - Dark Green / Light Earth / Azure Blue camo. Although already obsolete as interceptors, two SyAF Meteors were credited with the downing of a RAF recce Canberra over Syria in October 1956. * 481- Meteor FR.9, Syrian Arab Air Force, 1956 - Dark Green / Light Earth / Azure Blue camo. One of only two FR.9s delivered to the SyAAF and used as fighter-bombers with overpainted side camera windows. * FF-119 - Meteor FR.9, Ecuadorian Air Force, early 1975 - Aluminium scheme with red nose and intakes as well as a blue nose stripe with blue & red stars. One of 12 FR.9 of the FAE used solely as fighter-bombers armed with HVAR rockets, FF-119 was the very last Meteor in frontline service worldwide.

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Re-printed!! RAF Medium Sea Grey 24 inches and 30 inches Code Letters and Numbers. two decal sheets (RAF codes/RAF code letters/RAF serial numbers)

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