Service History Gloster Meteor NF14, WS838
Manufactured by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Coventry to contract 6/ACFT/6412/CB5(b). WS838 was built from the batch WS827 - WS848.
Service History| Date | Notes |
| 9th April 1954 | First flight |
| 28th April 1954 | Ready for collection |
| 30th April 1954 | To 15 MU, RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire |
| 9th May 1955 | To 238 OCU (All weather training unit), RAF North Luffenham. Coded 'M', 'X' and 'C' at various times. |
| 20th Jan 1958 | To 64 Squadron, RAF Duxford. Coded 'P'. |
| 1st April 1958 | To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride |
| 39th July 1959 | To RAF Pershore on loan to Ministry of Supply for airbourne interception research. |
| 1st November 1961 | Officially transferred to Ministry od supply. Initially with All-Weather wing later with Royal Radar establishment, Pershore. |
| 7th March 1963 | To A&AEE Boscombe Down, Photographic coverage for Folland/ Martin-Baker ejector seat trails and general air-to air photography duties. Painted high visibility yellow scheme with black nose, fuselage inscribed 'Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down'. |
| 1968 | Photographic chase plane for Shackleton icing trials (WR989). |
| Sept 1968 | Displayed Battle of Britain open day, RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire. |
| 1st Jan 1969 | To RAF Bedford, Replaced NF14 WS804 for photographic, chase and support duties. |
| 27th July 1971 | Released from trials work after 1,900 hrs. Subject aircraft becoming to fast for WS838. |
| 9th Feb 1972 | Final flight from Bedford to RAF Colerne in Wiltshire to join station museum. Still in Yellow test colour scheme |
| 11th Sept 1975 | Transferred by road to RAF Shawbury due to imminent closure of RAF Colerne. |
| April 1976 | To RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum |
| 30th August 1982 | To Manchester Air and Space Museum. |
| Early 1983 | Returned to RAF Cosford |
| 15th March 1986 | To Midland Air Museum, Coventry, Warwickshire. On loan from RAF Museum Cosford, On external display. |