gloster meteor mk 1
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gloster meteor mk 1
i am looking for images of the 20 mk1 built i believe they all went to 616 sqn, i have a partial view of YQ-X anyone know the serial
Google it - there are hundreds of images out there
Have you seen this page, two pictures of YQ-Y, if that is a mk1 I cant tell.
https://airpages.ru/eng/uk/gm1.shtml
also see this, 10 pics of allegedly mk1
http://www.historyofwar.org/pictures_Gloster_Meteor.html
https://airpages.ru/eng/uk/gm1.shtml
also see this, 10 pics of allegedly mk1
http://www.historyofwar.org/pictures_Gloster_Meteor.html
I think when sagindragin said, "do you think i have not done that", he meant that he'd already had a good Google. The question was can anyone confirm the s/n of YQ-X, which was allotted to an F.Mk.I prior to being worn on F.Mk.III EE274.
Hint: the answer will be a serial number between EE210 and EE229.
sagindragin: Good luck. I hope you manage something more substantial than "I Googled it".
Hint: the answer will be a serial number between EE210 and EE229.
sagindragin: Good luck. I hope you manage something more substantial than "I Googled it".
The book 'South Yorkshire's Own' : The Story of 616 Squadron , Delve and Pitchfork , Doncaster books , 1990 has three photos of the squadron Meteor 1's but their serial numbers are impossible to make out ! Individual codes include D , H and Y with Q being one of the four white Meteors , listed as EE225/239/240 and 241 , which flew from Colerne to Brussels/Melsbroek on the 4 February 1945 . The book also mentions the squadron receiving both EE213/G and EE214/G from Farnborough on the 12 July 1944 .
In 'Fighter Squadrons Of The RAF' , Rawlings lists 616 as having EE213 , EE214 , EE219/YQ-D , EE220/YQ-G , EE227YQ-Y and EE229/YQ-W and I have also seen YQ-D/G and W listed in 2 other books associated with the same serial numbers .
Best I can do and a Merry Christmas to one and all .
In 'Fighter Squadrons Of The RAF' , Rawlings lists 616 as having EE213 , EE214 , EE219/YQ-D , EE220/YQ-G , EE227YQ-Y and EE229/YQ-W and I have also seen YQ-D/G and W listed in 2 other books associated with the same serial numbers .
Best I can do and a Merry Christmas to one and all .
Link to the image as referred to by Quemerford
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...45._CL2925.jpg
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English: Gloster Meteor Mk Is of No. 616 Squadron RAF at Manston, Kent, 4 January 1945.
Gloster Meteor Is of No 616 Squadron at Manston, 4 January 1945. The Allies' first operational turbo-jet aircraft, the Meteor entered service with No 616 in July 1944, being employed against the V-1s. Despite its revolutionary power-plant (two 1,700lb-thrust Rolls-Royce Welland engines), the Meteor I's top speed of 410mph was below that of the Tempest or Spitfire XIV.
English: Gloster Meteor Mk Is of No. 616 Squadron RAF at Manston, Kent, 4 January 1945.
Gloster Meteor Is of No 616 Squadron at Manston, 4 January 1945. The Allies' first operational turbo-jet aircraft, the Meteor entered service with No 616 in July 1944, being employed against the V-1s. Despite its revolutionary power-plant (two 1,700lb-thrust Rolls-Royce Welland engines), the Meteor I's top speed of 410mph was below that of the Tempest or Spitfire XIV.
