Gloster Meteor T7, WF791, Royal Air Force
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Registration: WF791
Construction Number: Unknown
Code Number: -
Military Unit: Central Flying School
Model Gloster Meteor T7
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Waddington (WTN / EGXW), UK - England
Photographer: Frank Barnett-Jones
Date Taken: 04/1988
Date Submitted: 10/04/2007
The Meteor was allocating a serial number, 8484M, but it returned to flying status in 1976. The aircraft was operated as part of the 'Vintage Pair' with a Vampire XH304. The aircraft crashed in Coventry on 30/05/88 while participating in the annual Warwickshire Air Pageant with the sad loss of life of pilot Flight Lieutenant Peter Stacey.
Picture ID:1049524