UK survivors – Gloster Meteor .
I have put together a list of surviving Gloster Meteor aircraft that can be seen in the UK, Some are preserved as whole airframes and others as cockpit and nose sections.
We have lost a few airworthy Meteors over the last few years one sold in Australia and a recent T7 sold to the USA.
Whole Airframes.
DG202/G : Gloster F9/40: Stored in the RAF Museum store at RAF Cosford.
EE531 : Meteor F4 mod : Preserved in the Midland Air Museum – Bagington.
EE549 : Meteor F4 : Preserved in the Tangmere Aircraft Museum.
VW453 : Meteor T7 : Displayed outside Jet Age Museum Staverton.
VZ608 : Meteor FR9 Mod : Preserved inside at Newark Air Museum . RB108 test bed.
VZ634 : Meteor T7 : Displayed outside at Newark Air Museum in 247Sqn markings.
VZ638 : Meteor T7 : G-JETM : Preserved inside at Gatwick Aviation Museum – Charwood in Royal Navy Markings.
WA591 : Meteor T7 : AW : G-BWMF : marked as FMK-Q – Sold in March 2018 to the USA.
WA634 : Meteor T7/8 : Preserved inside the RAF Museum Cosford. Ejection seat test Aircraft.
WA638 : Meteor T7 special : AW : G-JWMA – Martin Baker Ejection seat test Aircraft.
WA662 : Meteor T7 : Preserved inside South Yorkshire Air Museum. Doncaster.
WA984 : Meteor F8 : Displayed outside Tangmere Aircraft Museum marked as VZ440 43Sqn/X markings .
WD646 : Meteor TT20 : Preserved inside RAF Manston Aircraft Museum marked as WD615 in 85Sqn/R markings .
WD686 : Meteor NF11 : Under restoration at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection – Old Sarum.
WF643 : Meteor F8 : Displayed outside at the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum Flixton in 611Sqn/F markings.
WF784 : Meteor T7 : Displayed outside at the Jet Age Museum Staverton.
WF825 : Meteor T7 : Displayed outside at RAF Montrose Heritage Museum . Angus Scotland.
WH132 : Meteor T7 : Under restoration at Hooton Park.
WH166 : Meteor T7 : Stored outside at Birlingham Jet Aircraft Collection coded A.
WH291 : Meteor F8 : Displayed outside at Speke Airport on the old apron in 79Sqn markings.
WH301 : Meteor F8 : Displayed inside at the RAF Museum Hendon in 609Sqn markings.
WH364 : Meteor F8 :Displayed inside at the Jet Age Museum Staverton in 601Sqn/A markings.
WH453 : Meteor F8 : Under restoration to F8 inside at the Bentwaters Cold War Museum. ex U.16.
WK654 : Meteor F8 : Displayed outside at the City of Norwich Aviation Museum in 245Sqn markings.
WK800 : Meteor U 16 : Displayed inside at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection – Old Sarum coded Z.
WK935 : Meteor F8 mod (Prone pilot) : Displayed at the RAF Museum Cosford.
WK991 : Meteor F8 : Displayed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 56Sqn markings.
WL168 : Meteor F8 : Displayed inside Yorkshire Air Museum as WK864 616Sqn/C markings.
WL332 : Meteor T7 : Stored dismantled at Long Marston Airfield.
WL345 : Meteor T7 : Stored dismantled at Booker Airfield.
WL349 : Meteor T7 : Stored outside at the Jet Age Museum Staverton.
WL375 : Meteor T7 mod : Displayed outside at the Dumfries and Galloway Aircraft Museum.
WL419 : Meteor T7 special : AW :- Martin Baker Ejection seat test Aircraft.
WM167 : Meteor TT20 : AW : G-LOSM : Delivered to Bruntingthorpe by air 5/1/19 for preservation in Taxy condition.
WM224 : Meteor TT20 : Displayed at East Midlands Aeropark coded X.
WM261 : Meteor NF14 : Displayed as G-ARCX in Ferranti marking at East Fortune.
WM292 : Meteor TT20 : Stored at Cobham Hall at Yeovilton coded 841.
WM366 : Meteor NF13 : Displayed inside the Jet Age Museum Staverton in 74Sqn markings.
WS103 : Meteor T7 : Stored at Cobham Hall at Yeovilton coded VL-709 .
WS692 : Meteor NF12 : Displayed inside at the Newark Air Museum in 72Sqn/C markings.
WS726 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Displayed outside at 1855 ATC Sqn Royton Manchester in 25Sqn/H markings.
WS739 :Meteor NF(T)14 : Displayed outside at the Newark Air Museum in 25Sqn markings.
WS760 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Stored dismantled at East Midlands Aeropark.
WS776 : Meteor NF14 : Displayed outside at Bournemouth Museum in 25Sqn/K markings.
WS788 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Displayed at the Yorkshire Air Museum in 152Sqn/Z markings.
WS807 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Stored outside at the Jet Age Museum Staverton in 46Sqn/N markings.
WS832 : Meteor NF14 : Displayed outside at Carlisle Museum in 85Sqn markings.
WS838 : Meteor NF14 :Displayed outside at the Midland Air Museum – Bagington. in 64Sqn/D markings.
WS843 : Meteor NF14 : Displayed inside the RAF Museum Cosford in 264Sqn/Y markings.
Fuselage and Engine Nucleus and inner wings.
VZ568 : Meteor F8 : Target on Sennybridge Ranges, Powys – poor state.
Cockpit sections .
EE416 : Meteor III : Preserved with Martin Baker at Chalgrove.
WM367 : Meteor NF13 : Stored at East Midlands Aeropark.
Nose sections.
EE425 : Meteor F3 : Preserved in the Jet age Museum Staverton
VZ477 : Meteor F8 : Preserved in the Midland Air Museum – Bagington.
WA630 : Meteor T7 : Displayed inside Robertsbridge Museum coded 69.
WD790 : Meteor NF12 : Displayed at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection – Old Sarum. RAE markings.
WL131 : Meteor F8 : Displayed inside the inside South Yorkshire Air Museum. Doncaster.
WL405 : Meteor T7 : Private : has been exhibited at Cockpit Fest at Newark Air Museum in the past.
WM149 : Meteor NF11 : Private : Stored at Durham Tees Valley Airport.
WM267 : Meteor NF11 : Displayed outside at the City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
I will add more pictures as I get time .
I also have a large slide collection and have added a list of Meteor slides taken before digital was around.
UK4-35-01 : DG202 : Gloster F9/40 : Preserved at RAF Museum Cosford – March 2000.
UK4-35-01A : DG202 : Gloster F9/40 : Displayed at the RIAT Fairford – July 2003.
UK1-35-07 : VT229 : Meteor F4 : Preserved at Duxford in 12FTS/60 markings -Duxford – March 1983.
UK1-35-12 : VZ467 : Meteor F(TT)8 : 1 TWU/01 : AW : RIAT Greenham Common July 1981.
UK1-35-32 : VZ477 : Meteor F8 : Nose section : Preserved MAM Coventry – August 2005.
UK1-35-14 : VZ608 : Meteor FR9 mod : Preserved Newark Air Museum – July 1981.
UK1-35 – 15 : VZ638 : Meteor T7 : Preserved at RAF Wattisham – July 1984 .
UK1-35 – 15A : VZ638 : Meteor T7 : Preserved at the Newark Air Museum – September 2000.
UK4-35- 13 : WA634 : Meteor T7 Mod : Martin Baker : Preserved RAF Museum Cosford September 1988.
UK4-35-11 : WA638 : Meteor T7 mod : AW : Martin Baker : RIAT Fairford – July 2002
UK4-35 – 17 : WA662 : Meteor T7 : AW : RAF Coltishall in RAE markings – September 1980.
UK1-35- 19 : WA669 : Meteor T7 : AW : RIAT Greenham Common – in CFS markings – July 1981.
UK1-35-16 : WD686 : Meteor NF11 : Preserved at Imperial War Museum Duxford July 2007.
UK4-35-20 : WD790 : Meteor NF11 mod : AW RIAT Greenham Common in RAE markings – July 1981.
UK3-35-23 : WE925 : Meteor F8 : Preserved Cardiff in Royal Navy /VE-530 markings – March 1983.
UK1-35-28 : WF643 : Meteor F8 : Preserved Norfolk & Suffolk Avn Museum in 29Sqn/X markings – February 1983.
UK1-35-27 : WF714 : Meteor F8 : Preserved Rochester in 500Sqn markings – February 1985.
UK1-35-30 : WF825 : Meteor T7 : Preserved at RAF Lynham – May 1983.
UK1-35-31 : WF877 : Meteor T7 Mod : Preserved North Weald – January 1990.
UK1-35-29 : WH132 : Meteor T7 : Preserved Chelmsford in CAW/J markings – January 1990.
UK1-35-33 : WH166 : Meteor T7 : Preserved RAF Digby in CFS markings – April 1985.
UK1-35-34 : WH291 : Meteor F8 : Preserved Lasham in 79Sqn marking – March 1992.
UK1-35-35 :WH301 : Meteor F8 : Preserved RAF Museum Hendon – January 2002.
UK1-35-36 : WH364 : Meteor F8 : Preserved Kemble in 601Sqn markings – April 1990 .
UK1-35-36 : WH364 : Meteor F8 : On static at RIAT Fairford in 601Sqn markings – July 2003 .
UK4-35-38 : WH453 : Meteor F8 : AW : RIAT Boscombe Down in RAE/L markings – June 1992.
UK1-35-42 : WK654 : Meteor F8 : Preserved RAF Neatishead in 85Sqn/B markings – July 1985.
UK4-35-44 : WK800 : Meteor F8 : AW : Thurleigh in RAE/Z markings – January 1987.
UK1-35–44A : WK800 : Meteor F8 : AW : Mildenall Air Fete in RAE/Z markings July 1987.
UK1-35-45 : WK864 : Meteor F8 : Preserved at YAM Elvington in 616/C markings – September 2003.
UK1-35-50 : WL332 : Meteor T7 : Preserved at Cardiff – July 1983 .
UK1-35-51 : WL345 : Meteor T7 : Preserved in Hastings – 7 FTS markings – December 1982.
UK1-35-52 : WL349 : Meteor T7 : Preserved Staverton in 1 ANS/Z markings – June 1990.
UK1-35-55 : WL419 : Meteor T7 Mod : AW : Martin Baker RAF Abingdon – September 1989.
UK1-35-55A :WL419 : Meteor T7 Mod : AW : Martin Baker RIAT Boscombe Down June 1992.
UK1-35-58 : WM167 : Meteor TT 20 : AW : Blackbushe in FRADU markings – September 1992.
UK1-35-58A : WM167 : Meteor TT 20 : AW : Hurn in 141Sqn/M markings – June 1985.
UK1-35-58B : WM167 : Meteor TT 20 : AW : RAF Waddington – June 2001.
UK1-35-60 : WM224 : Meteor TT20 : Preserved North Weald in 29Sqn markings on one side – February 1986.
UK1-35-60A : WM311 : Meteor TT20 : Preserved North Weald on the other side – February 1986.
UK1-35- 65 : WS739 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved NAM Winthorpe in 25Sqn markings – Newark September 2000.
UK1-35-66 : WS760 : Meteor NF(T)14 : AW : Marked as Z-14 for a Bond film at Duxford March 1983.
UK1-35-68 : WS774 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved at RAF Ely in 1 ANS markings September 1981.
UK1-35-68A : WS774 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved Sandtoft in 1ANS markings –
UK1-35-69 : WS776 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved RAF North Luffenham in 25Sqn/K markings – February 1983.
UK1-35- 72 : WS792 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved Carlisle coded K – February 1979.
UK1-35-73 : WS807 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved RAF Watton coded N – July 1987.
UK4-35-76 : WS832 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved Crosby in RRE/W markings – March 1979.
UK1-35-77 : WS838 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Mod : Preserved MAM Bagington – April 1989.
UK1-35-77A : WS838: Meteor NF(T)14 Mod : Preserved MAM Bagington in 64Sqn markings – September 2005.
UK1-35-78 : WS843 : Meteor NF(T)14 : Preserved RAFM Cosford in 63Sqn/Y markings – June 2001.