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Gloster Meteor T.7
Twin engine two-seat jet trainer
The Gloster Meteor T.7 was a two-seat trainer version of the famous Gloster Meteor fighter. Because the transition from the single-engine propeller powered Spitfire or Harvard to the twin-engine jetfighter was considered a too big a step for the inexperienced student pilots, the need arose to obtain a two-seater trainer. In the fifties the Belgian Air Force took on charge large amounts of British and American build jets and specifically for the transition training the Meteor T.7 and the Lockheed T-33A trainers were acquired respectively. A first batch of 3 new-build aircraft (ED1 - ED3) was delivered together with the first Meteor F.4s for the Belgian Air Force. With the introduction of the more advanced Meteor F.8 fighter two batches of respectively 4 (ED4 - ED7 in July 1951) and 5 (ED8 - ED12 in early 1953) former RAF (but unused) aircraft were delivered to boost the training assets. The arrival of the Meteor F.8 also meant that the Meteor F.4 had become obsolete. Twenty of them were converted by Avions Fairey to Meteor T.7-standards (ED13 - ED32) from 1952 onwards. Starting in September 1953 an additional 10 ex-RAF aircraft were supplied (ED33 - ED43). The majority of the Meteor T.7s were scrapped after their service life.
Newly build and former (non-used) RAF aircraft.
ED-01
C/N
G-5-212
Date In
Oct 1948
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
G-5-212, ED-1/B2-X
ED-02
C/N
G-5-213
Date In
Mar 1949
Date Out
Jan 1958
History
G-5-213, ED-2/B2-O
ED-03
C/N
G-5-214
Date In
Mar 1949
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
G-5-214, ED-3/B2-Z
ED-04
C/N
-
Date In
Jul 1951
Date Out
Jan 1958
History
WF817 (RAF), ED-4
ED-05
C/N
-
Date In
Jul 1951
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WF827 (RAF) ED-5
ED-06
C/N
-
Date In
Jul 1951
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WF818 (RAF), ED-6
ED-07
C/N
-
Date In
Jul 1951
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WL399 (RAF), ED-7, converted to Meteor T.7A standards .
ED-07 bis
C/N
-
Date In
Jul 1951
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WL399 (RAF), Meteor T.7, 1956/57 converted to T.7A ED-7.
ED-08
C/N
-
Date In
Apr 1953
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WL428 (RAF), ED-8
ED-09
C/N
-
Date In
Feb 1953
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WL427 (RAF), ED-9
ED-10
C/N
-
Date In
Apr 1953
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WL415 (RAF), ED-10
ED-11
C/N
-
Date In
Apr 1953
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WH171 (RAF), ED-11
ED-12
C/N
-
Date In
Apr 1953
Date Out
1957
History
WH174 (RAF), ED-12
ED-13
C/N
G-5-249
Date In
Feb 1952
Date Out
Aug 1956
History
Conversion of EF-4 (Meteor F.4), ED-13
ED-14
C/N
G-5-252
Date In
1952
Date Out
Apr 1956
History
Conversion of EF-7 (Meteor F.4), ED-14, converted to T.7A ED-14, sold to Israel.
ED-15
C/N
G-5-254
Date In
1952
Date Out
Aug 1957
History
Conversion of EF-9 (Meteor F.4), ED-15, converted to Meteor T.7A ED-15, sold to Israel.
ED-16
C/N
G-5-255
Date In
Feb 1952
Date Out
1958
History
Conversion of EF-10 (Meteor F.4), ED-16
ED-17
C/N
G-5-256
Date In
1952
Date Out
1958
History
Conversion of EF-11 (Meteor F.4), ED-17
ED-18
C/N
G-5-257
Date In
1952
Date Out
1958
History
Conversion of EF-12 (Meteor F.4), ED-18
ED-19
C/N
G-5-258
Date In
1953
Date Out
Aug 1958
History
Conversion of EF-13 (Meteor F.4), ED-19
ED-20
C/N
G-5-260
Date In
1952
Date Out
Aug 1958
History
Conversion of EF-15 (Meteor F.4), ED-20
ED-21
C/N
G-5-261
Date In
-
Date Out
Oct 1955
History
Conversion of EF-16 (Meteor F.4), ED-21, crashed at Tongres St; Martin on 3 Oct 1955.
ED-22
C/N
G-5-263
Date In
1952
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
Conversion of EF-18 (Meteor F.4), ED-22
ED-23
C/N
G-5-264
Date In
-
Date Out
Aug 1958
History
Conversion of EF-19 (Meteor F.4), ED-23
ED-24
C/N
G-5-266
Date In
1954
Date Out
1958
History
Conversion of EF-21 (Meteor F.4), ED-24, exhibited at "Ateliers Deprez" at Roeselare, scrapped.
ED-25
C/N
G-5-268
Date In
1952
Date Out
1957
History
Conversion of EF-23 (Meteor F.4), ED-25
ED-26
C/N
G-5-270
Date In
1953
Date Out
1958
History
Conversion of EF-26 (Meteor F.4), ED-26
ED-27
C/N
G-5-273
Date In
-
Date Out
Nov 1955
History
Conversion of EF-28 (Meteor F.4) ED-27, written of in fire during starting up at Brustem on 3 Nov 1955.
ED-28
C/N
G-5-275
Date In
1954
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
Conversion of EF-30 (Meteor F.4), ED-28, converted to Meteor T.7A
ED-28 bis
C/N
G-5-275
Date In
1954
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
Conversion of EF-30 (Meteor F.4), ED-28 (Meteor T.7), converted to T.7A ED-28 "Mulet".
ED-29
C/N
G-5-277
Date In
Nov 1956
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
Conversion of EF-32 (Meteor F.4), ED-29
ED-30
C/N
G-5-284
Date In
-
Date Out
Feb 1956
History
Conversion of EF-39 (Meteor F.4), ED-30, crashed at Thieusies/Naast on 22 Feb 1956.
ED-31
C/N
G-5-286
Date In
-
Date Out
Aug 1958
History
Conversion of EF-41 (Meteor F.4), ED-31
ED-32
C/N
G-5-287
Date In
-
Date Out
1958
History
Conversion of EF-42 (Meteor F.4), ED-32
ED-33
C/N
-
Date In
Sep 1953
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WL486 (RAF), ED-33
ED-34
C/N
-
Date In
Sep 1953
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WN320 (RAF), ED-34
ED-35
C/N
-
Date In
Sep 1953
Date Out
May 1954
History
WS140 (RAF), ED-35, crashed at Chièvres airbase on 19 May 1954.
ED-36
C/N
-
Date In
Jan 1954
Date Out
Aug 1954
History
WS141 (RAF), ED-36, crashed at Hondschoote/Killem (F.) on 19 Aug 1954.
ED-37
C/N
-
Date In
Jan 1954
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
XF273 (RAF), ED-37
ED-38
C/N
-
Date In
Oct 1956
Date Out
Aug 1958
History
WA688 (RAF), ED-38
ED-39
C/N
-
Date In
Nov 1956
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WH114 (RAF), ED-39
ED-40
C/N
-
Date In
Nov 1956
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WA684 (RAF), ED-40
ED-41
C/N
-
Date In
Nov 1956
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WH117 (RAF), ED-41
ED-42
C/N
-
Date In
Jan 1957
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WG970 (RAF), ED-42
ED-43
C/N
-
Date In
Feb 1957
Date Out
Jan 1962
History
WF814 (RAF), ED-43