Delivering Britain in to the jet-age, the RAF's first operational jet aircraft, the Gloster Meteor entered service only a few months later than it's Luftwaffe counterpart, the Messerschmitt Me 262. Watch this episode of Duxford in Depth in full: https://bit.ly/43VFiH7 | Imperial War Museum Duxford
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