Dead Meteors then recycled by issue to Stations for Fire Crew training.
We got a ‘new’ one (F.8) for that purpose at Manby c. 1966. Fire practice went a bit awry, as the Very for the Crash Crew ‘scramble’ was somewhat mismanaged by a Manby ATC plt off. By the time the crew got there, it was essentially just a fin and 2 wingtips.
