File:Gloster Meteor F.8 ‘WK864 - C’ (really WL168).jpg

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Built in 1954 as WL168 and served with 111 and 604 Squadrons before being stored at Lyneham in September 1961. Struck off charge in May 1962 and moved to Heywood, Lancashire, for display by No.35 Maintenance Unit with the maintenance serial 7750M. She later joined the aircraft collection at Finningley, marked as WH456, before moving on to RAF Swinderby in February 1977. In May 1979 she became part of the Historic Aircraft Collection at RAF St Athan but eventually ended up back at RAF Finningley as a gate guard. She arrived at Elvington in April 1996 and wears the markings of 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron and the false serial WK864. Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire, UK.

1st September 2020
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Author Alan Wilson
Camera location53° 55′ 28.41″ N, 0° 58′ 06.53″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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