Author Topic: Gloester Meteor? (Read 1189 times)

CrzyMonk · « **on:** May 11, 2005, 05:41:31 PM »

How about bringing in this plane? It saw service in the war and would be another option for the late war scenarios. 262 would own it, but it would be a fun option to have.

Angus · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2005, 05:45:12 AM »

It could be a dangerous adversary for the 262 if it was the later mark. But 262 is faster.

Furball · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2005, 05:04:00 PM »

I would take a Meteor III up over a 262 anyday, those quad nose mounted hispano are much better than the mk103 imo and 480-90 mph or so speed would make it deadly.

Schaden · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2005, 05:06:22 PM »

was the P80 ever used in WW2 - thought a squad might have been in Italy?

Schaden · « **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2005, 05:06:55 PM »

http://home.iae.nl/users/wbergmns/info/p80.htm

HoHun · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2005, 06:06:37 PM »

Hi Schaden,

>was the P80 ever used in WW2 - thought a squad might have been in Italy?

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-80

"The Shooting Star began to enter service in early 1945, and 45 had been delivered before the war ended. Only four actually made it to Europe, two to England and two to Italy, but when test pilot Major Fred Borsodi, demonstrating the P-80 in England, was killed in a crash caused by a fire in the jet engine, the type was grounded. As a result, the P-80 didn't see combat in World War 2."

In my opinion, the Meteor vs. Me 262 match-up would be highly interesting :-) The Me 262 holds the performance advantage, but the Meteor probably wins out when it comes to manoeuvrability.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

TrueKill · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2005, 03:19:20 AM »

I dont think the Meteor ever saw combat. Heard some storys about it being used to shoot down V1s, but never heard about it fighting anything.

TexMurphy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2005, 03:54:23 AM »

This is so amazing.

We lack sooooo many important WW2 planes that saw tons of combat and still we get requests for planes like this one.

After all the missing russian, japanese, italian fighters and bombers are added and the US, UK and German sides have been complemented with their missing planes THEN. Not before could planes like this one or the F8F even be considered.

Amazing that these type of requests keep comming up.

Tex.

moot · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2005, 04:15:05 AM »

Mind boggling, yes.

Angus · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2005, 04:27:35 AM »

The Meteor was around, looking for trouble, but the LW hardly had anything to put up, so it didn't engage LW fighters.
It did however shoot down V-1's
And HoHun has a good point, - the Meteor may have been quite nimble. I've seen one doing slow speed aerobatics, - looked quite good!

Tails · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2005, 05:17:15 AM »

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Originally posted by TexMurphy
This is so amazing.

...

Amazing that these type of requests keep comming up.

Tex.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I want some early MiG products to play with.

Furball · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2005, 12:36:04 PM »

meteor was held back to combat V-1's, entered service in 44 i think. When the III was introduced they took it to europe and as angus says - were on patrol for weeks but couldnt find anything to fight. They were however used for ground attack during that time.

MiloMorai · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2005, 12:39:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
meteor was held back to combat V-1's, entered service in 44 i think. When the III was introduced they took it to europe and as angus says - were on patrol for weeks but couldnt find anything to fight. They were however used for ground attack during that time.

In late April they were manuevering to position themselves to attack some LW fighters when they were jumped by some Spitfires.

bob149 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2005, 11:27:11 PM »

BLOODY SPIT DWEEBS

Kurfürst · « **Reply #14 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:32:21 AM »

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Originally posted by Furball
meteor was held back to combat V-1's, entered service in 44 i think. When the III was introduced they took it to europe and as angus says - were on patrol for weeks but couldnt find anything to fight. They were however used for ground attack during that time.

Other Allied fighters could find LW fighters with ease, only Meteors could not? Tsa-tsa. It`s only Meteors were hold back from the frontlines. Please don`t try to find excuses.