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.

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 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 → 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Royal Air Force Fighter Command →	primaryAircraftType