A poster on the Jet Age Museum’s Facebook page has asked for information about an early Gloster Meteor bearing the name Letitia III in the photo below. Any ideas as to squadron, date, serial, location and fate?
By: TempestV - 17th December 2011 at 19:19
Steven Bond’s book on the Meteor attributes Letitia III as a F3 of 92 squadron, the personal aircraft of F/O Philip Morton. Could be at Duxford or Lubeck in 1947. Serial not known.
Bill
Looking at the partial underwing serial visible in the photo, the last two numbers look like “02”
Making either of the following strong possibilities for an early series Meteor III:
EE302
EE402
Do Air Britain do a book on the Meteor?
By: Ballykellybrat - 17th December 2011 at 13:14
Steven Bond’s book on the Meteor attributes Letitia III as a F3 of 92 squadron, the personal aircraft of F/O Philip Morton. Could be at Duxford or Lubeck in 1947. Serial not known.
Bill
By: TempestV - 17th December 2011 at 10:10
A poster on the Jet Age Museum’s Facebook page has asked for information about an early Gloster Meteor bearing the name Letitia III in the photo below. Any ideas as to squadron, date, serial, location and fate?
This is an early series Mk.III Meteor, so the serial will be: EE###
I can see the last 2 numbers of the serial under the port wing, so does this date the photo as post war? As I think they only carried underwing roundals during WW2.
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December 16, 2011 at 10:41 pm