The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. [1] The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd .

The Gloster Meteor was the first British operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to reach operational status during World War II. However, apart from its radical departure in propulsion, it was conventional in design and never considered to be …

2016年2月19日 · The Gloster aircraft company's most successful design was the twin-engined Meteor jet fighter, produced from the latter years of World War Two upto the mid-1950s. Eight development aircraft (known as the Gloster F.9/40) were used for a …

2017年10月10日 · The British Gloster Meteor jet fighter entered service late in WWII. It was a ground-breaking aircraft in an era when aerial combat was changing.

The Gloster Meteor was the RAF’s first jet fighter, bringing Britain into the Jet Age. At the same time, engineers of the German Luftwaffe had been working on developing their own operational jet fighter, and the Messerschmitt Me 262 entered service a few months before the Meteor.

2025年2月10日 · The Gloster Meteor holds the unique distinction of being the only Allied fighter jet to operate during World War II, and its development began during the heat of the conflict in 1940. The aircraft was powered by pioneering turbofan engines which were designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets Ltd.

2023年6月13日 · Britain's first operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet to see combat in the Second World War, the Gloster Meteor, took its first true flight 80 years ago.

2024年4月13日 · As the first fighter jet to enter operational service with the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Gloster Meteor played a pivotal role in helping British engineers develop more advanced and capable fighters.

2023年12月9日 · Design of the Gloster Meteor fell to George Carter, and actually began in 1940 when turbojet technology was still in its infancy, yet while Germany gets the credit for having the first successful...

The Gloster Meteor became Britain's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. It reached operational status in the latter years of World War 2 and saw limited action in the conflict though it never faced off against any of the touted German jet projects in service at the same time.