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sagindragin

22nd Dec 2020 14:46

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

Asturias56

23rd Dec 2020 07:38

Google it - there are hundreds of images out there

sagindragin

24th Dec 2020 07:06

do you think i have not done that, they only produced 20 mk1 and only about 5 of them in photos

Vampiredave

24th Dec 2020 09:59

Although there may have been a Mk.1 coded YQ-X, the only one I can locate is a Mk.3 EE274 YQ-X

Beamr

24th Dec 2020 13:39

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

Quemerford

24th Dec 2020 14:49

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".

David Thompson

24th Dec 2020 22:32

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 .

sagindragin

25th Dec 2020 10:13

thanks guys, YQ-X could be a mk3

Quemerford

25th Dec 2020 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by sagindragin (Post 10954282)

thanks guys, YQ-X could be a mk3

IWM photo CL2925 clearly shows YQ-X as a Mk.I.

TEEEJ

26th Dec 2020 12:51

Link to the image as referred to by Quemerford

Quote:

Description
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.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...45._CL2925.jpg

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