The last plane to fly out of Defford Airfield was the Gloster Meteor NF Mark 11 night fighter WD686. The aircraft is pictured at Defford Airfield, UK
The Gloster Meteor was the RAF’s first jet aircraft and entered service in 1944. The aircraft pictured was built in 1952 at Coventry. It was fitted with a Mark 17 radar at Coventry, before delivery to the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Defford for radar trials and also spending time at the Central Fighter Establishment at West Raynham, the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down, and finally returning to Defford in 1957 where it was used as a target aircraft during radar trials for the ‘Red Dean’ air-to-air missile.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Croome Park, Worcestershire, UK
Photo credit: © Stephen Frost / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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