Gloster Meteor

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jet fighter aircraft military aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Gloster Meteor was the United Kingdom’s first operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to see combat in World War II.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Gloster Meteor canonical 33
Gloster E.28/39 1
Gloster E.28/39 experimental jet aircraft 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
airframeMaterial all‑metal ⓘ
armament four 20 mm Hispano cannon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer George Carter ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine ⓘ
engineModelUsed Rolls‑Royce Welland ⓘ
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Derwent

Rolls‑Royce Welland ⓘ
era early jet age ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1943-03-05 ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1944-07-27 ⓘ
manufacturer Gloster Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 600 mph ⓘ
about 965 km/h ⓘ
notableAs first operational jet fighter of the United Kingdom ⓘ
only Allied jet aircraft to see combat in World War II ⓘ
numberBuilt about 3947 ⓘ
operatorType Allied air forces ⓘ
powerplantType turbojet ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1954 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1943 ⓘ
retiredFromRAFService 1961 ⓘ
roleInWWII interception of V‑1 flying bombs ⓘ
secondaryRole fighter‑bomber ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy Argentine Air Force ⓘ
Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Israeli Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
variant Meteor F.1 ⓘ
Meteor F.3 ⓘ
Meteor F.4 ⓘ
Meteor F.8 ⓘ
Meteor NF.11 ⓘ
Meteor NF.12 ⓘ
Meteor NF.14 ⓘ
Meteor T.7 ⓘ
wingConfiguration straight wing ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command → primaryAircraftType → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 111 Squadron → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
No. 56 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 92 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 141 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
RAF North Weald → hostedAircraftType → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 81 Wing RAAF → historicallyOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 77 Squadron RAAF → operatedAircraft → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Gloster Aircraft Company → notableFor → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Gloster Aircraft Company → product → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Gloster Aircraft Company → product → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloster E.28/39
Gloster Aircraft Company → developed → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloster E.28/39 experimental jet aircraft
No. 4 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 79 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 81 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 208 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
No. 541 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Rolls‑Royce Welland → notableUse → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Welland
Rolls‑Royce Welland → usedInAircraft → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Welland
this entity surface form: Gloster Meteor F.1
Meteor NF.11 → developedFrom → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor T.7 → basedOn → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor T.7 → basedOn → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloster Meteor F.4
Meteor T.7 → category → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
George Carter → designed → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
George Carter → notableWork → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor F.3 → aircraftFamily → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor NF.12 → developedFrom → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor NF.12 → partOf → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloster Meteor family
Meteor F.4 → aircraftFamily → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor NF.14 → partOfSeries → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor NF.14 → basedOn → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gloster Meteor fighter
Meteor NF.14 → variantOf → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Meteor F.8 → developedFrom → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
XI(F) Squadron → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
29 Squadron → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 29 Squadron RAF
No. I Squadron → aircraftOperated → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Shiny Two → operatedAircraft → Gloster Meteor ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 2 Squadron RAF