Aircraft Photo of A77-707 | Gloster Meteor T7 | Australia - Air Force | AirHistory.net #420385
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:A77-707
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor T7
C/n (msn):[ WH118 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Melbourne - MoorabbinMap
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMMB   IATA: MBW   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Australian National Aviation Museum
 
Photo Date:11 December 2021
Photo by:Phil Vabre
Photo ID: 420385
Photo Comment

Built in 1951 for the RAF as WH118 and allocated to the Central Flying School. To Australia in 1955 and re-serialled A77-707. Allocated to 23 (City of Brisbane) Squadron, a Citizen's Air Force squadron. Withdrawn from use on 10 July 59 and scheduled for scrapping at Tocumwal, from where it was rescued by the fledgling Moorabbin Air Museum in 1963.

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