GLOSTER Aircraft Manual PDF

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The first prototypes, called the Gloster Pioneer, were developed in 1941, the experienced Gloster Meteor Mk.I made its first flight on May 15, 1941. On it stood two engines designed by Frank Whittle.

By 1944, the aircraft was finalized, tested and adopted by the Royal Air Force on July 12, 1944.

The first serial modification was the Meteor F.I (aka G.41A), its prototype, its 210 / G model, took off in January 1944. F.I was considered a transitional model to F.III, which they were going to build in massive quantities.

The first batch of production aircraft consisted of 20 Gloster G.41A Meteor F.Mk I fighters, equipped with W.2B / 23C Welland engines and with minor improvements to the airframe, including a new light that gave the pilot an improved view.

The first sorties took place on July 27, 1944, and soon the Meteors intercepted and shot down 2 V-1 projectiles (a total of 14 such vehicles were shot down by them).

Then part of them (the 616th squadron) was removed from combat duty and, using new machines, tactics were developed to counter the attacks of German jet fighters on the construction of bombers.

The Meteor F.Mk III aircraft delivered in January 1945 (missed F.Mk II existed in a single copy) were the last to take part in the war.

They had an increased fuel supply and a sliding, all-stamped cab lantern (externally F.III can be easily distinguished by a new lantern that does not lean sideways, as before). A total of 210 Meteors were built.