WSC & Meteors
I didn't think any of the two seat British Meteors had ejection seats - certainly not fitted to the T7 or the NF11 to 14.
The 'you'll be talking to yourself' story is one of those tales often recounted. I've heard it used in a briefing for a passenger being flown in a JP.
The story which is true, as it is formally recorded, was Churchill showing concern as to the number of jet pilots being killed in fighters and the response from the then Air Minister was to reassure Churchill that there was nothing to be concerned about as these were the 'normal' figures. This was end 1952 or 53. There were about 500 crashes in both those years (507/483) and 318 (1952) and 333 (1953) fatalities.