Gloster Meteor F8 WA880
Gloster Meteor F8 WA880 |
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Manufactured by Gloster Company, Hucclecote to contract 2983
Service History| Date | Notes |
| 13th June 1952 | Issued to 257 Sqn RAF, Coded A6S |
| 19th Nov 1954 | To 500 Sqn RAF |
| 20th Jan 1956 | To 43 Sqn RAF |
| 3rd Feb 1956 | To 222 Sqn RAF |
| 5th July 1961 | To RAF Flying college |
| 4th Sept 1962 | To Target Towing Flight, Changi, Singapore |
| 30th August 1965 | To 1574 Flight, Singapore |
| 4th Nov 1969 | Struck off charge, Sold to Singapore Air Force technical college as SAFTECH2 |
| 1982 (Approx) | Airframe moved to Sentosa island |
| 28th March 1989 | Removed from Sentosa island on barge for transport to Queensland Air Museum |
| 4th-7th August 1989 | Arrived Brisbane and trucked to Caloundra and cosmetically repainted as WA880 |
| 17th April 1996 | Trucked to RAAF Amberley to be repainted as A77-721 the first Meteor lost in combat in Korea. Aircraft was to be displayed at Amberley in RAAF 75th anniversary airshow but rain forced cancellation of event. Aircraft returned to Caloundra. |
