This aircraft paper model is a Gloster Meteor F Mk.III, the first version of the Meteor to be produced in large numbers, and the first truly satisfactory version of the aircraft, a variant of the Gloster Meteor, which was the first British jet fighter and the Allies" only operational jet aircraft during the Second World War, this papercraft is created by KEL, and the scale is in 1:50.
The F Mk.III was powered by three different engines. The Derwent I was not ready in time to be used on the first fifteen aircraft, and so they were given W.2B/23c Wellands. The majority were equipped with the Derwent I. Finally, a number of aircraft were given 2,400lb Derwent IV engines. The published performance statistics for the F Mk.III are normally for this version. The last fifteen F Mk.IIIs were given the longer engine nacelles used on the Mk.4, while a number of aircraft were retrofitted with these nacelles, which increased the top speed of the aircraft.
During the Second World War the Meteor F Mk.III served with Nos.616 and 504 squadrons, but only No.616 used them in action. In January 1945 a flight of four aircraft moved to Melsbrook in Belgium, partly to defend the airfield, and partly in the hope that the Me 262 might appear. The entire squadron moved to the continent in March, and spent the rest of the war carrying out armed reconnaissance and ground attack missions. The much anticipated clash with the Me 262 never came. In the immediate post-war years, the F Mk.III became the RAF’s standard jet fighter, until replaced by the F Mk.IV from 1947.
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