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100'
Oval with Three Bumps Tracked By Radar
Late May 1948
Oxford/Bicester, Great Britain
Late May 1948
Oxford/Bicester, Great Britain
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Ridge: 11:40 AM. Four officers and two crew aboard a York transport aircraft, accompanied by a formation of six meteor jets, encountered a 100' oval with three bumps or protrusions on the bottom. Ground radar tracked the object which was stationary and above 25,000 feet. The object departed at an incredible speed of 1500 mph. See detailed account from a letter to Jenny Randles linked below. Don Ledger: The first two F.Mk 1 Meteors went operational on July 12,
1944 with 616 Squadron. The first operational sorties were flown on
July of 1947.
One Flying Officer Dean destroyed the first V1 by a jet
fighter on August 4, 1944. He used the wing tipping maneuver. They flew
sorties in Europe before the war ended. By 1948 the RAF and other
British services had access to nearly 700 Meteors of various Mks.
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