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GLOSTER METEOR F. MK 8 WA880 |
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| Built by Gloster Aircraft Company at Hucclecote under Contract Number 6/ACFT/2983 | ||||||||||||
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WA880
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19SEP50
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Awaiting collection | |||||||||||
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29SEP50
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Issued to No 257 Sqn RAF at Horsham St Faith. Coded A6-S and later V. | |||||||||||
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JAN50
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No 257 Sqn moved to Wattisham | |||||||||||
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19NOV54
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Issued
to No 500 Sqn RAF at West Malling (An Auxiliary Air Force Squadron) (Some sources state 09NOV50) |
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05SEP55
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Issued to Flight Refuelling Ltd, probably for target towing conversion | |||||||||||
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20JAN56
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Issued to No 43 Sqn RAF ("The Fighting Cocks") at Leuchars (Some sources state 25JAN56). No 43 Sqn were operating Hunters by this time. |
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03FEB56
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Issued to No 222 Sqn RAF at Leuchars. Coded J. No 222 Sqn were operating Hunters by this time. | |||||||||||
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10OCT57
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Issued to 20 Maintenance Unit at Aston Down |
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02MAR60
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Issued to 33 Maintenance Unit at Lyneham | |||||||||||
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05JUL61
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Issued to RAF Flying College at Manby | |||||||||||
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18SEP61
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Issued to 33 Maintenance Unit at Lyneham | |||||||||||
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24JAN62
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Issued to 5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble | |||||||||||
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09MAR62
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Issued to 33 Maintenance Unit at Lyneham | |||||||||||
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29MAR62
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Issued to the Far East Air Force | |||||||||||
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19APR62
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Issued to 389 Maintenence Unit at Changi, Singapore | |||||||||||
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04SEP62
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Issued to Target Towing Flight Changi | |||||||||||
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30AUG65
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Issued to 1574 (TT) Flight, Singapore | |||||||||||
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04NOV69
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Struck off charge (Cat 5C) | |||||||||||
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SAFTECH-2
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| Sold to Singapore Air Force Technical College as SAFTECH-2 | ||||||||||||
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C.82
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Approx moved to Sentosa Island, Singapore | |||||||||||
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17JAN89
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QAM resolved to purchase Meteor WA880, Hunter XF311 and Sea Vixen XJ490 from the Aik Hong Hardware Company of Singapore. | |||||||||||
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28MAR89
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Removed from Sentosa by QAM on barge "Tai Chen" | |||||||||||
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10JUL89
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Arrived in Townsville on M.V. "San Juan" from Singapore | |||||||||||
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04AUG89
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Arrived Brisbane from Townsville on M.V. "Sid McGrath" | |||||||||||
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WA880
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07AUG89
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Trucked to Caloundra. Cosmetically repainted as WA880 |
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"A77-721"
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17APR96
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Trucked to Amberley to be repainted in RAAF markings as A77-721 to commemorate the first RAAF Meteor lost in combat in Korea. Initially aircraft was incorrectly painted as A77-271 but this was later changed to A77-721. Aircraft was to be displayed at Amberley during the RAAF’s 75th Anniversary airshow but the event was cancelled because of heavy rain. | |||||||||||
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30APR97
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Trucked from Amberley to Caloundra. | |||||||||||
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