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Towards Gloster Meteor F.1

The Gloster Meteor completed up being 1st and just functional Allied jet to essentially enjoy World War II. It was in November 1940 whenever British Air Ministry offered toward Gloster Aircraft company a specification for a whole new fighter taking care of jet motor. Glostar instantly started this, in addition to the Air Ministry quickly place a purchase of prototypes to Gloster. A number products was in fact create, plus one of the, the Halford H.1 engine by De Havilland made one of the most significant prototypes fly the first time in March 1943. The latter, but finished up being different.
The F.1, very first production variation, was at fact flown on 12 January 1944 with W.2B/23 engines manufactured by Rolls-Royce (1700lb). Aside from the engines, the F.1 differed very little from initial designs with four 20mm canons, tricycle landing gear and clear-view straight back canopy. Twenty F.1's had been stated completely, & most of these had been certainly sent to the No. 616 Squadron. Their 1st army success have been indeed accomplished on 4 August 1944 whenever Flying Officer Dean shot down a German V1 rocket.

Since its very first kill, Meteors destroyed a whole of thirteen V-1s and yes it was at fact outstanding boost for morale not simply inside military as well as the civilian population in England. Although changed by the improved F.3 and F.4 following, the Gloster Meteor F.1 played an important roll, and German Messerschmitt myself 262, to start the entranceway towards "Jet Fighter Era".