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    Airframe Family: Gloster Meteor
    Latest Model:Meteor NF.11
    Last Military Serial:WM167 MoD
    Construction Number:S4/U/2342
    Last Civil Registration:G-LOSM
    Compressed ID:Gloster Meteor NF.11 sn WM167 MoD c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Classic British Jets Collection/David G. Thomas, Bruntingthorpe

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    Dates

    Event

    27 August 1952

    Constructed as a Meteor NF.11 by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton.

    August 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WM167.

    August 1952

    Transferred to 228ocu, RAF Leeming.

    September 1952

    Assigned to 33MU, RAF Colerne for storage.

    From 1953 to 1960

    Transferred to 228ocu, RAF Leeming.

    1960

    Transferred to 33MU, RAF Colerne.

    19 January 1961

    Converted to a Meteor TT.20.
    To Armstrong Whitworth, Baginton.

    Transferred to A and AEE, Boscombe Down.
    For Target Towing trials.

    Transferred to 33MU, RAF Colerne.

    From 1965 to 1975

    To Flight Refuelling Ltd, Tarrant Rushton.

    From 1970 to 1975

    Target towing contract at RAF Llanbedr.

    22 December 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n WM167.

    22 December 1971

    To Flight Refuelling Ltd, Tarrant Rushton.
    Also operated from RAE Llanbedr.

    1975

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Ministry of Defence.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    WFU Llanbedr.

    From December 1975 to 1984

    To Warbirds of Great Britain/Doug Arnold, Blackbushe.

    December 1975

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Franborough to Blackbushe.

    1975

    Converted to a Meteor NF.11.
    Back to a NF.11.

    Stored at Blackbushe.

    15 August 1976


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Now flown as NF.11, this Meteor TT.20 was seen at the Blackbushe Fly-In in the Summer of 1976.

    From 8 June 1984 to 11 February 1986

    To Brencham Historic Aircraft Ltd/Mike Carlton, Hunter One Collection, Hurn with new c/r G-LOSM.
    Operated with markings: WM167

    6 July 1984

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from storage at Blackbushe to Hurn. MARK.

    By August 1984

    Markings Applied: M
    In c/s of 141Sqn.

    18 August 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at TVS Air Show, Hurn

    From 11 February 1986 to 22 February 1988

    To Berowell Management Ltd, Biggin Hill keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    From 1 October 1987 to 1989

    To Jet Heritage Collection/LGH Aviation, Hurn keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    From 22 February 1988 to 3 May 1989

    To LGH Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    From 3 May 1989 to 2004

    To Jet Heritage Collection/Hunter Wing Ltd, Hurn keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    Restored.
    The work was carried out at Hurn.

    August 1991

    First flight.

    20 June 1993


    Photographer: Unknown

    17 September 1995


    Photographer: Unknown

    31 May 2002


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the Classic Airshow in Coventry, UK.

    By July 2003

    Markings Applied: WM167
    No squadron markings or code carried.

    19 July 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: In the 100 Years of Flight enclave at RIAT Fairford.

    From February 2004 to 2017

    To Air Atlantique Classic Flight, Coventry keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    From 17 May 2004 to 2017

    To Aviation Heritage Ltd, Coventry keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    From 2010 to 2017

    To Classic Air Force Collection, Newquay keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Airbase Museum, Coventry Airport

    18 May 2013

    Operated by Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 May 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Abingdon Country Fair

    3 May 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Abingdon Country Fair

    To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    2016

    Retired.

    2017

    To World Heritage Air Museum/Martin J. Tibbetts, Harper Woods, MI keeping c/r G-LOSM.

    5 January 2019

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Coventry to Bruntingthorpe.

    From 23 October 2019 to 2019

    To Classic British Jets Collection/David G. Thomas, Bruntingthorpe keeping c/r G-LOSM.


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    ClassicAirForce
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols

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