The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Iwakuni, Japan. 1954. No. 77 Squadron RAAF Meteor jet fighters parked in a dispersal area off the main landing strip. All have their cockpits covered with canvas as are the air intakes on their engine nacelles. Their outer wing sections have been removed and they are probably waiting transport home to Australia aboard the RAN aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney III.
A complement of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft, which included fifteen Mk 8 fighters and two Mk 7 twin seat trainers, parked on the flight deck of the light aircraft carrier HMS Warrior, arrive in Japan.
Kunsan, South Korea 1954. 77 Squadron RAAF Meteor jet fighters parked in the RAAF dispersal area. Note the Meteor undergoing maintenance beneath a canvas awning at right and the two USAF semi trailer
Kunsan, South Korea 1954. 77 Squadron RAAF Meteor jet fighters parked in the RAAF dispersal area of the USAF base. Note the concrete revetments (left) and the two USAF semi trailer fuel tankers (right
IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1954-11-09. A LIGHTER, FERRYING FOUR GLOSTER METEOR F.8 FIGHTERS OF NO 77 SQUADRON RAAF TO THE LIGHT FLEET CARRIER HMAS VENGEANCE, IS MANOEUVRED BY TUG IN THE COURSE OF OPERATION JET,
Kimpo, South Korea C.1954-3. 77 Squadron RAAF Meteor jet fighter aircraft parked between sandbag revetments in the dispersal area of the base. Note the Marsden metal matting covering the airstrip in t
Iwakuni, Japan. 1953. No. 77 Squadron RAAF Meteor jet fighter aircraft being loaded by a floating crane from barges onto the RAN aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney III.
