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    Airframe Family: Gloster Meteor
    Latest Model:Meteor F.8
    Last Military Serial:A77-867 RAAF
    Construction Number:WK685
    Compressed ID:Armstrong Whitworth Meteor F.8 sn A...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ashburton Aviation Museum, Ashburton Aerodrome, Ashburton, Canterbury, South Island

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Meteor F.8 by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WK685.

    20 August 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A77-867.

    3 April 1958

    Withdrawn from use.
    To Point Cook as Instructional Meteor No.10.

    4 September 1962

    To Point Cook Fire School.

    12 November 1970

    To Moorabbin Air Museum.

    To Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Parafield Airport, Adelaide, South Australia.
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    Circa 2010

    To Ashburton Aviation Museum, Ashburton Aerodrome, Ashburton, Canterbury, South Island.
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    19 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Ashburton Aviation Museum on South Island, New Zealand

    19 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Ashburton Aviation Museum on South Island, New Zealand
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Australian Defense Force Serials
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Waynne Lee
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