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Event |
1949 |
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Constructed as a Meteor T.7 by Gloster at Hucclecote, Glos. |
2 September 1949 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WA591. |
2 September 1949 |
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Transferred to Central Fighter Establishment, RAF West Raynham. |
31 October 1949 |
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Transferred to 226OCU, RAF Stradishall. |
12 January 1950 |
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Damaged.
Cat 4 damage, to Gloster for repair. |
16 November 1950 |
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Repair completed. |
20 November 1950 |
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Transferred to 203 Advanced Flying School (AFS), RAF Driffield. |
November 1951 |
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Damaged.
Cat 4 damage, to Gloster for repair. |
14 May 1952 |
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Repair completed. |
15 May 1952 |
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Transferred to 208AFS, RAF Merryfield. |
10 March 1954 |
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Transferred to 215AFS, RAF Finningley. |
30 June 1954 |
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Damaged.
Cat 4 damage, to Gloster for repair. |
6 August 1954 |
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Repair completed. |
August 1954 |
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Assigned to 33MU, RAF Lyneham for storage. |
From 9 September 1954 to 17 June 1955 |
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Transferred to 12FTS, RAF Weston Zoyland. |
17 June 1955 |
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Transferred to 38MU.
For refurbishment. |
By 1956 |
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Transferred to 12FTS, RAF Weston Zoyland. |
27 February 1956 |
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Damaged.
Cat 4 damage, to AVRO for repair. |
25 July 1956 |
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Repair completed. |
From 26 July 1956 to 16 March 1959 |
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Transferred to 12MU, RAF Kirkbride. |
16 March 1959 |
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Transferred to 33MU, RAF Lyneham. |
26 June 1959 |
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Transferred to RAF College of Air Warfare, RAF Manby. |
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Transferred to 33MU, RAF Lyneham. |
January 1961 |
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Transferred to 5MU, RAF Kemble. |
25 January 1962 |
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Transferred to 5FTS, RAF Oakington. |
27 February 1962 |
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Transferred to 8FTS, RAF Driffield. |
13 August 1962 |
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Transferred to RAF Manby. |
10 July 1963 |
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Damaged.
Cat 3 damage, to 63MU for repair. |
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Transferred to RAF Manby. |
1965 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
1965 |
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New serial number assigned: 7917M RAF |
1965 |
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Transferred to 5MU, RAF Kemble, Apprentice School.
For Ground Instruction. |
1983 |
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Placed on display with RAF Woodvale.
Positioned inside the main gate as a guardian. |
From 15 December 1995 to 15 December 1999 |
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To Colin Christopher Rhodes, Meteor Flight with new c/r G-BWMF. |
From 15 December 1999 to 27 August 2008 |
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To Mark Richard Jones, Meteor Flight keeping c/r G-BWMF. |
27 August 2008 |
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To Aviation Heritage Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-BWMF. |
18 July 2011 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT departure day |
By November 2011 |
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Markings Applied: FMK-Q
Markings to represent an aircraft of 203AFS, RAF Driffield. |
2 November 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At Airbase Museum, Coventry Airport |
27 May 2012 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Duxford Air Show |
27 May 2012 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Duxford Air Show |
27 May 2012 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Duxford Air Show |
30 April 2013 |
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Operated by Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
 View the Location Dossier |
21 July 2013 |
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Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 2013 photo at Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford UK - of a Gloster Meteor T.7 |
19 June 2014 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Airport. Departing on a flight to Coventry Airport |
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To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
View the Location Dossier |
1 May 2018 |
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To Meteor Warbirds Llc, Harper Woods, MI with new c/r N313Q. |
9 June 2018 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX313Q (GLOSTER METEOR T7, 45/356460) issued. |
26 July 2018 |
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Photographer: Owen ORourke
Notes: Gloster Meteor T.7 NX313Q at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) Oshkosh, WI |
7 December 2020 |
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To Tom Wathen Center, Juruda Valley, CA keeping c/r N313Q. |
1 May 2021 |
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Photographer: Jonathan Nguyen
Notes: The Meteor T Mk 7 on display outside of the hangar at the Planes of Fame Air Museum. The aircraft was donated to the museum and was flown into Chino Airport on August 24th, 2020. |
20 October 2021 |
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To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA keeping c/r N313Q. |
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