Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 - French Users

As the French Air Force wanted to update their fighter fleet, and after testing a pair of Meteor MK.IV with very good results, the French Air Force ordered 25 new airplanes plus 16 ex-RAF ones.
They were purchased in 1954 and were delivered between September 1954 to April 1955.

The Meteor replaced the Mosquito NF.30 with the Escadre de Chasse 30, where it would serve until being replaced by the Sud Aviation Vautour in 1957.

Many Meteor NF.11 saw combat service in the Algerian war, where they were transferred to the Escadre Chasse de Nuit (Night Fighter Squadron) 1/7 which operated from Bône, in the north-east of Algeria. Those Meteor that weren't employed in combat, were used for training purposes, specially to train the crews that would serve with the Vautour.

Five of the were transferred to the Centre d'Essais en Vol (CEV) in 1958 where they served as testbed and chase planes for various purposes including radar and missile tests and during the development of the ill-fated Concorde airliner.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters