Royal Air Force Meteor NF 11
The British Gloster Meteor was the first operational Allied jet fighter aircraft of the Second World War. It first flew in 1943, almost nine months after the German Messerschmitt Me 262 and commenced operations in mid-1944 in the Royal Air Force (RAF), some weeks after the Me 262 entered service as the world's first operational jet. In early 1946, following the end of the war, a Meteor was used to set a world air speed record of 616 mph (991 km/h) TAS. Meteors remained in service with several air forces for many years and saw action with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in the Korean War.
