Saturday 21 May 2016

Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 - Various foreign users

Note: So far we're only covering those variants of the Gloster Meteor built and designed by Armstrong Whitworth.

The Armstrong Whitworth Meteor in it's night fighter variant was used by many countries, those countries were:


  • Belgium: In July 1949 Belgium decided to create three night fighter squadrons before the end of 1951 and, in May 1948 the No.10 night-fighter squadron equipped with De Havilland Mosquitos NF.30 was formed at Beauvechain. On 1st July 1951 the No.11 Night-Fighter Squadron was formed and the Mosquitos were split between those two squadrons until the Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 arrived in the summer of 1952. Initially they were used by both squadrons but later all of them were allocated to the No.11 Night Fighter squadron. In 1953 the Mosquitos were written-off and the pilots were allocated to the No.11 Squadron. Later, in 1956 more second-hand Meteors were bought in order to re-equip both squadrons. They were replaced by the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck. 
  • Denmark: The Royal Danish Air Force equipped their night-fighter squadron, Eskadrille 723 with the Meteor NF.11. They were replaced in 1959 by the North American F-86D Sabre Dog.









Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
3. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Gloster%20-AW-%20Meteor%20NF.11/Gloster%20Meteor%20NF11%20Frontpage.htm
4. https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskadrille_723 (translated)

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