Airfix Gloster Meteor F.8 Korea 1:48 A09184
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Airfix Gloster Meteor F.8 Korea 1:48 A09184
Airfix Gloster Meteor F.8 Korea 1:48 A09184
The Gloster Meteor F.8 was a greatly improved version of Britain’s first
operational jet fighter and arguably the definitive version of this
classic aircraft. Seeing extensive service during the Korean War with
No.77 Squadron of Royal Australian Air Force, the Meteor would be
engaged in combat with the new Soviet produced MiG 15 jet fighter, which
proved to be an extremely capable adversary.
The Gloster Meteor
maintains a significant position in the history of the Royal Air Force,
as it became Britain’s first operational jet aircraft. Not willing to
risk this technology falling into the hands of the Germans, initial
operations were confined to UK airspace, particularly in combatting the
V-1 Doodlebug threat. Indeed, once Meteors were deployed to Europe in
the latter stages of WWII, they were still forbidden to engage in combat
with the Messerschmitt Me 262, so we will never know how these
significant aircraft would have performed against each other.
In
operation, the Meteor proved to be a delightful aircraft to fly and
enabled pilots to make a relatively easy transition from piston engined
aircraft to jet powered flight. Unlike the Messerschmitt Me 262, the
Meteor also proved to be almost as reliable as the Spitfires and
Tempests it was intended to replace and was even capable of being
operated from relatively basic grass airstrips. Continually developed
throughout its service life, the Gloster Meteor would remain in RAF
service for many years, with a handful of target towing aircraft still
operating in the 1980s.
Scheme A – Meteor F8 A77-851 flown Sergeant
George Spaulding Hale, No.77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force,
Kimpo, Korea, March 1953
Scheme B – Meteor F8 Aircraft A77-854, No.77
Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Kimpo, Korea, 1953.
Scheme C –
Meteor F8 No.327 Squadron, Ruiten Vier” (Diamonds Four) display team,
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force), Commando Lucht
Verdediging (Air Defense Command), Soesterberg Air Base, The
Netherlands, 1952.
Age 12+
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