First experimental type: Gloster Whittle E28/39 reg. W 4041. First flew 15 May 1941 at RAF Cranwell.
First jet aircraft to enter squadron service: Gloster Meteor Mk 1 (reg no.s EE213 to EE222 and EE224 to 229). First aircraft were delivered to 616 Sqn at RAF Culmhead (or Trilkey Warren) on 12 July 1944; the squadron moved to RAF Manston and scored its first jet victory on 4 Aug 1944 when Fg Off Dean tipped a V1 flying bomb out of control with his aircraft's wingtip!