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[stephen]

Flamers have very little to work with....hence the short post.

[Tilt]

Prefer the HE 162. At least it saw some combat!

[expat]

so did the meteor , mainly ground attack mind but combat none the less 

[Furball]

Prefer the HE 162. At least it saw some combat!

 

[Karnak]

Meteor saw far, far more combat than the He162 or the Ta152.

[wulf31]

The internetz are your friend

Performance listed for Mk I
    * Maximum speed: 410 mph (660 km/h, Mach 0.55) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
    * Range: 500 mi (800 km)
    * Service ceiling: 34,000 ft (11,500 m)
    * Rate of climb: 2,155 ft/min (24.6 m/s)
    * Wing loading: 44.9 lb/ft² (149 kg/m²)
    * Thrust/weight: 0.45
    * Time to altitude: 9.0 min to 30,000 ft (9,145 m)
Armament
    * Guns: 4 × 20 mm British Hispano cannons
    * Rockets: Provision for up to 16 × "60lb" 3 in rockets under outer wings

On 20 January 1945, four Meteors were moved to Melsbroek in Belgium. In March, the entire squadron was moved to Gilze-Rijen and, then in April, to Nijmegen. The Meteors flew armed reconnaissance and ground attack operations without encountering any German jet fighters. By late April, the squadron was based at Faßberg, Germany and suffered its first losses when two pilots collided in poor visibility. The war ended with the Meteors having destroyed 46 German aircraft through ground attack and having faced more problems through misidentification as the Me 262 by Allied aircraft and flak than from the Luftwaffe. To counter this, continental-based Meteors were given an all-white finish as a recognition aid.

[Guppy35]

I got to be good friends with a former RAF pilot who flew Meteors with 616 in the summer of 44 til the end of the war.  They spent some of their time in the summer of 44 going around to USAAF bases helping them develop tactics to fight the 262.  They did end up on the continent and he and his Squadron CO in early May brought the first 262s back from Fassberg.  He had some interesting things to say comparing the two.  I'll see if I can dig out the letter from those pre-E-mail days.

[Kazaa]

I got to be good friends with a former RAF pilot who flew Meteors with 616 in the summer of 44 til the end of the war.  They spent some of their time in the summer of 44 going around to USAAF bases helping them develop tactics to fight the 262.  They did end up on the continent and he and his Squadron CO in early May brought the first 262s back from Fassberg.  He had some interesting things to say comparing the two.  I'll see if I can dig out the letter from those pre-E-mail days.

 

[Denholm]

I would definitely be interested in reading some of those letters, Guppy.