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    Airframe Family: Gloster Meteor
    Latest Model:Meteor TT.20
    Last Military Serial:WD647 RAF
    Construction Number:WD647
    Compressed ID:Gloster Meteor TT.20 sn WD647 RAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a Meteor NF.11.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WD647.

    From 1961 to 22 December 1971

    Converted to a Meteor TT.20.

    From 1972 to 1975

    To Ministry of Defence (Procurement)-For use, Woomera.
    During its service at Woomera the aircraft was maintained and operated by Short Bros and Harland Air Services under contract to Australian Dept of Defence.

    15 July 1975

    To Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland.
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    1982


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf

    15 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Parts of the wing of WD647 in the storage area of the Queensland Aviation Museum

    15 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: WD647 in the main hangar at the museum at Caloundra, QLD
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