White-painted Gloster Meteor F Mark III, EE239 'YQ-Q', of No. 616 Squadron RAF Detachment is pushed to its dispersal point at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium. A flight of Meteors was detached from 616 Squadron to 2nd TAF to provide air defence against the Messerschmitt Me 262, being joined by the whole Squadron in March 1945. During the initial deployment, the Meteors were painted white to aid identification by other Allied aircraft.


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White Meteor

Fire crews cover an Avro Lancaster of Bomber Command with foam in an effort to save it from burning, at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, following the attack on the airfield by Luftwaffe fighter-bombers, (Operation BODENPLATTE).
Info Operation Bodenplatte:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte

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Fire crew in action

A maintenance crew at work on a Gloster Meteor F Mark III of No. 616 Squadron RAF Detachment at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium. On the left, an armourer is using a cleaning rod on one of the four 20mm cannon housed in the aircraft's nose.

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