Gloster Meteor Mk.I was first jet to serve with the RAF, and the only Allied jet aircraft to see combat service during WW2. The first two to enter service were delivered to 616 Squadron at Culmhead on 12 July 1944. First operational sorties were flown (from 616's new base at Manston) on 27 July 1944 against V1 flying bombs, with first 'kills' achieved on 4 August, one by tipping the V1 over with the Meteor's wingtip, the other with guns.