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PHOTO AEROPLANE GLOSTER METEOR T.7 'WA591 / FMK-Q' (G-BWMF) C/N G5/356460 BUILT 1949 FLEW WITH THE CENTRAL FIGHTER ESTABLISHMENT AT RAF WEST RAYNHAM 226 OPERATIONAL CONVERSION UNIT AT RAF STRADISHALL 203 ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL (203AFS) AT RAF DRIFFIELD 208AFS AT RAF MERRYFIELD 215AFS AT RAF FINNINGLEY 12 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL (12FTS) AT RAF WESTON ZOYLAND THE COLLEGE OF AIR WARFARE AT RAF MANBY 5FTS AT RAF OAKINGTON AND 8FTS AT RAF DRIFFIELD. IN AUGUST 1966 SHE WAS ALLOCATED THE MAINTENANCE SERIAL 7917M AND DELIVERED TO KEMBLE FOR GROUND INSTRUCTION WITH THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL OF NO5 MAINTENANCE UNIT. SHE WAS PLACED ON DISPLAY AT WOODVALE IN DECEMBER 1978 MOVING TO WOODFORD IN 1984. SHE REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1993 WHEN SHE WAS SOLD TO THE 'METEOR FLIGHT' AT YATESBURY. SHE WAS CIVIL REGISTERED AS G-BWMF IN 1995 WITH THE RESTORATION MOVING TO KEMBLE IN 2008. SHE FLEW AGAIN IN JUNE 2011 AND HAS BEEN PAINTED IN GENUINE MARKINGS FROM HER TIME WITH 203 ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL. SHE IS OPERATED BY THE CLASSIC AIRCRAFT TRUST BASED AT COVENTRY / BAGINTON AND IS SEEN ON STATIC DISPLAY AT THE 2012 RAF WADDINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW RAF WADDINGTON LINCOLNSHIRE UK 1ST JULY 2012 COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSOPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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