 | | Gloster Meteor F.8 / FR.9 (5)
* 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. More |
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 | | Gloster Meteor F.8, WK784 of 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF North Weald, 1953.
Gloster Meteor F.8, VZ482, 'C' of 610 Squadron, Royal Air Force, RAF Hooten Park 1950s
Gloster Meteor F.8 VZ495 'ZD.K' of 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force, RAF Leuchars, early 1950's.
Gloster Meteor F.8, WK681, 'H' of 65 Squadron's Aerobatics Team, Royal Air Force, RAF Duxford, December 1953.
Gloster Meteor F.8, WH456, 'L' of 616 Squadron, Royal Auxillary Air Force, RAF Finningley, 1950's.
Gloster Meteor F.8, WK815, 'R' of Target Towing Squadron, Royal Air Force, Armament Practice Station, RAF Sylt, Germany, 1959.
Gloster Meteor F.8, VZ494, of 501 Squadron, Royal Auxillary Air Force, RAF Filton, 3 February, 1957.
Gloster Meteor F.8, WH464, 'F' of 504 Squadron, Royal Auxillary Air Force, RAF Wymeswold, 6 June, 1953. More |
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