Meteor F8 77 Sqn RAAF at Kimpo c1952
A Royal Australian Air Force Gloster Meteor F 8 fighter (serial A-77-570) from No. 77 Squadron at K-14 Kimpo air base during the Korean War. 77 Squadron received the Meteor in May 1951. Originally it was used against the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. As the Meteors proved to be no match for the MiGs, the squadron switched to ground-attack in September 1951. A77-570 was delivered to the Royal Air Force on 3 June 1951 (serial WE890), and came to the RAAF on 28 December 1951. It was written off on 18 March 1954.
- Date
- 1952–1953
- Photographer / author
- USAF
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- image
- Original size
- 1,800 × 1,090 pixels
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