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February 18th, 2009  
LeEnfield
Tribunus Laticlavius
 
 
Gear

Now the Gloucester Meteor hardly ever gets a mention which was Britain's first operational jet fighter. In 1945 it held the world speed record for an aircraft travelling both ways over a measured course with a speed of 612 mph. This aircraft was operational in 1944 and in 1945 it was deployed in Europe to protect American bombers from the Me262
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