Dowty Apprentices - Meteor E28/39 Model

Dowty Apprentice made model of the first jet aircraft E28/39

Gloster Meteor E28/39

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies’ only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during the Second World War.

The Meteor’s development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Sir Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd.

Development of the aircraft began in 1940, although work on the engines had been under way since 1936. The Meteor first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with No. 616 Squadron RAF. The Meteor was not a sophisticated aircraft in its aerodynamics, but proved to be a successful combat fighter.

Photographs are shown of a model made by Dowty Apprentices of the worlds first jet air aircraft… the Meteor E28/39

Dowty supplied many aircraft components to the Gloster Aircraft Company based at Brockworth, Gloucester

The Gloster Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1917 to 1963. Founded as the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company Limited during the First World War, with the aircraft construction activities of H H Martyn & Co Ltd of Cheltenham, England it produced fighters during the war