File:Gloster Meteor F.8 ‘WK654’ (49659372031).jpg

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c/n unknown Built 1952, retired 1969. Preserved in the markings 245sqn, Royal Air Force, which were based at RAF Horsham St Faith (now Norwich Airport) from 1946 to 1955. City of Norwich Aviation Museum Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 4th March 2020

The following info on WK654 is from planephotos.co.uk:-

“WK654 was delivered to 20MU on the 24th March 1952 and entered active service in May 1952 with 247 Squadron and then in June 1956 with 46 Squadron, both at RAF Odiham. In August 1959 WK654 was transferred to the ‘All Weather Flying Squadron’ at RAF West Raynham, in November 1962 to the Central Fighter Establishment at RAF West Raynham and finally to 85 Squadron at RAF Binbrook in August 1964. On 22nd December 1969 WK654 aircraft took its final flight to RAF Kemble and was struck off charge on 9th April 1970. WK654 was then allocated to RAF Neatishead to serve as a ‘Gate Guard’. In 1992 WK654 was replaced by a Phantom from RAF Wattisham thus leaving this airframe surplus to requirements.”
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Source Gloster Meteor F.8 ‘WK654’
Author Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
Camera location52° 40′ 48.6″ N, 1° 16′ 29.36″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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