I’m looking for information on the service history and eventual fate of Meteors EE454 and EE455 after their use by Wilson and Greenwood for the 1945 speed record attempt. I suspect they may have been put back into standard trim, put into squadron service and scrapped at the end of their useful lives but if anyone can fill in the details I’d be most grateful.
I’d also be interested in the same details for EE550 after Waterton and Duke used it in the 1946 attempt. I know where EE549 is of course. 🙂
Thanks
Pete
By: PeteP - 4th February 2013 at 16:57
Thanks very much Paul. That’s exactly the info I was after – much appreciated.
Thanks also to Tangmere1940 for responding.
Best
Pete
By: paulmcmillan - 4th February 2013 at 10:52
Air Britain Aeromilitaria Spring 2009 Part 1
EE454 Completed as Mk IV; A&AEE 15.10.45 for high speed trials named Britannia; world air speed record attempt at 603 mph, Herne Bay, Kent, 7.11.45; Glosters 22.11.45 for examination of airframe; RAE 6.12.45 for high speed trials; EPTS 20.1.48; Westlands 18.5.49; allocation of 6712M cancelled; to 6735M 6.12.49 at SLAW Old Sarum.
EE455 Completed as Mk IV; A&AEE 28.10.45 for high speed trials named Forever Amber; world air speed record attempt at 608 mph, Herne Bay, Kent, 7.11.45; Glosters 16.4.47 for mods; RAE 24.7.47 for investigation of turbine vibration; Glosters 3.9.48 for mods; RAE 19.9.49 for high-speed low-level photography trials; Fairey White Walham 10.2.53 for development of powered controls; RAE 6.8.53 SOC 1.1.54.
Air Britain Aeromilitaria Autumn 2009 Part 2
EE550 CSA at Glosters 1.8.46; High Speed Flt Tangmere 3.10.46; Glosters Cat B 12.12.46; 6 MU 1.3.48; Westlands 24.6.49; 38 MU 7.11.49; 615 Sqn 14.8.50 coded V6-R. Dived into ground from 20,00 feet 7m W of Ashford, Kent 6.11.51; presumed due to anoxia; P/O T C Hood killed
By: Arabella-Cox - 4th February 2013 at 09:32
I have a large file on all the Meteors including photographs, servive history and AM78s etc.
What do you require them for?
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February 4, 2013 at 9:23 am