Getting back to the original contributions about Meteors does anyone remember the chap reputed to have been given both a "red endorsment" and a "green" for the same flight in a NF11? It seems he took off at night, possibly from Duxford, and climbing in trail found he was rapidly catching up his leader until both engines stopped whereupon he managed a deadstick back on the runway from which he had departed. He hadn't noticed that the aircraft had not been refuelled.
Incidentally I remember an edict to the staff from Wg Cdr Hyland-Smith, O.C. Flying at 210 AFS Tarrant Rushton that we should not refer to the aircraft as "Meatbox" which might give some students cause for thought.