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Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Gloster Meteor. Meteor F Mark I, EE227 ‘YQ-Y’, of No. 616 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Manston, Kent.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. White-painted Gloster Meteor F Mark III, EE239 'YQ-Q', of No. 616 Squadron RAF Detachment is pushed to its dispersal point at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium. A fligh More

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 enter More

Ground crew refuelling a Gloster Meteor F Mk III of No. 616 Squadron RAF at Manston, Kent, 4 January 1945. Ground crew refuelling Gloster Meteor F Mark III, EE236 'YQ-H', of No. 616 Squadron RAF, at Manston Kent.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A section of Supermarine Spitfire Mark IAs of No. 616 Squadron RAF prepare for an evening take-off from Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire. Confusion as to the identity of the More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Two Supermarine Spitfire Mark IAs of No. 616 Squadron RAF, with their flaps down, come in to land at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, after a sortie.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Squadron Leader A McDowall in his office at Headquarters, No. 13 Group, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he was in charge of training in tactics of fighter squadrons. McDo More

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A line of Gloster Meteor F Mark Is and IIIs of No. 616 Squadron RAF is refuelled at Manston, Kent.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A Gloster Meteor F Mark I of No. 616 Squadron RAF, coming in to land at Manston, Kent.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Gloster Meteor F Mark I of No. 616 Squadron RAF, based at Manston, Kent, in flight over the countryside between West Hougham and Dover.

Squadron Leader Dennis Barry (in cockpit) and other pilots of No. 616 Squadron RAF with a Gloster Meteor at Manston, Kent, January 1945. Squadron Leader Dennis Barry, one of No 616's flight commanders, in the c More

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVe RB140 in March 1944. This aircraft served operationally with Nos. 616 and 610 Squadrons, but was destroyed in a landing accident at Lympne on 30 October 1944. The first Spitfire Mar More

Français : Squadron Leader Dennis Barry (dans le cockpit) et d'autres pilotes du No. 616 Squadron RAF à côté d'un Gloster Meteor à Manston, Kent, janvier 1945

Gloster Meteor F Mark III of No. 616 Squadron RAF being services at Melsbroek, Belgium. One of the 20mm guns in the aircraft's nose is being cleaned by an armourer.

IWM caption : A Gloster Meteor F Mark III of No. 616 Squadron RAF Detachment, takes off from B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, shortly after joining No. 84 Group of 2nd TAF for air defence purposes. In the foreground a More