K25 slide scan. Delivered 1966 as PH-DCU to KLM. Rich International 1981.Trans Arabian Air Transport N29954 1983. Arax Airlines 5N-ARH 1986. Crashed on take off Cairo 31 March 1988 after engine fire.

Photo taken two days after it was written off in a forced landing at Manston although there is no obvious sign of damage in the photo. Manston was used extensively in World War II as an emergency landing aerodrome for bombers short of fuel or suffering battle damage. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

In ex-Saudi Arabian Cargo colours after lease to them. Delivered to UTA as F-GBOX in 1979. Merged into Air France in 1993. To Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-AMC in 2004. Withdrawn from use at Manston, UK in 2009 and scrapped in 2013.

Built for the USAF as 51-2700. To the Belgian Air Force as CP9 in 1952. Sold as 3C-ABA in 1981 then G-BLSW in 1984 and N2700 in 1985. Scrapped at North Weald in 1994. Nose preserved. At White Waltham in 2021.

Used at DFTDC Manston for fire training as 9103M since 11 July 1991, and scrapped on 17 December 2020.

Used for fire training at DFTDC Manston as 9346M, and scrapped in November 2020.

Used for ground instruction at DFTDC Manston since 26 May 2010. It was scrapped on the closure of the DFTDC, and the nose section acquired by the RAF Manston History Museum. It was moved there on 17 December 2020.

EE219 was the first Meteor to be delivered to a squadron, No 616, on 12 July 1944. The photo was reportedly taken at Manston in January 1945. Photo from: Life

Registered 18 Nov.1946, first flew 16 May 1947. Initially operated by BEA, then to Germany in 1956 for Deutsche Flugdienst, first as D-AGIL and later D-BARI. Sold to Balair as HB-AAN in 1958 and restored as G-AIVF to Air Ferry 14 Feb.1963. Converted to Mk.3B freighter April 1963. To Invicta Airways 14 April 1966 and reverted to Mk.1B May 1967. Subsequently scrapped at Manston and cancelled 3 Feb.1969 as WFU.

Registered 27 June 1946, first flew 4 Oct.1946. Operated initially by BEA and thereafter several other UK operators (including some trooping flights as XD636). Cancelled 3 Nov.1954 on sale to Trek Airways as ZS-DKI. Restored as G-AHOW 31 July 1958 and converted to Mk.1 Aug. 1960. Registered to Air Ferry at Manston 10 Apr.1964 and fitted with a large freight door Feb.1965. To Invicta Airways 21 Nov.1966. At the date of this photo it still carried the Air Ferry logo on the fin although that airline's name had been painted out. It was later scrapped at Manston and was cancelled 3 Feb.1969 as WFU.

Built 1944 and entered service with 66 Sqn, RAF, March 1945. To RAF Kenley 1955 and used in the film, 'Reach for the Sky'. Moved to Manston as gate guardian 28 September 1955.

First flew 19 August 1947 as VL231 and transferred for service in Woomera, Australia, 31 March 1948. To RAAF as A82-1 but reverted to VL231. Registered G-AOCH 13 May 1955, to Germany as D-AMOR for LTU Feb.1957, later D-BABY March 1958. Restored to Air Ferry as G-AOCH 7 October 1963, to Invicta Airways 14 April 1966. Scrapped at Manston with C.of A. expired 7 July 1968. Cancelled 3 February 1969 as Withdrawn from Use.

Delivered to Kuwait Airways as 9K-ADA in 1978. To Kalitta as N707CK in 1995 and conveted to a freighter. To Air Freight Express as N801KH then to Air Bangladesh as S2-ADT in 2004. Back to N801KH and withdrawn from use at Ahlhorn in 2006. Scrapped, nose section preserved at Sinsheim. Seen here with very small "Air Bangladesh" titles on the forward fuselage.

With the RAF Fire School. Struck off charge a few weeks earlier on 30th June 1971 and minus its engines by the time of the photograph. Believed scrapped not long afterwards.

Used in the film Reach for the Sky at RAF Kenley then retired as to RAF Manson as gate guardian in September 1955. When seen here it shared the duties with Canberra PR.3 WE168 and Javelin FAW.9 XH764. It was refurbished by the Medway Aviation Preservation Society at Rochester in 1978/79 and returned to Manston. It has been under cover in the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum there since 1981.

Current in 2021.

Operated by Interland Air Services. WFU at Southend June 1984.