Re: Meteor Mk.I and V-1 kills
Here's a brief list of the Meteor combat claims (V-1s and aircraft) that I've managed to track down so far.
#1 4 Aug 44 F/O Dixie Dean EE216
V-1 destroyed by tipping (after gun jam). Sighted at 1616 hours, over Tonbridge.
#2 4 Aug 44 F/O J.K. Rodger
V-1 destroyed by 20mm cannon over Tenterden, 25 minutes after Dean’s encounter.
#3 7 Aug 44 F/O Dixie Dean
V-1 destroyed by 20mm cannon, near Robertsbridge.
#4 10 Aug 44 F/O Dixie Dean
V-1 destroyed by 20mm cannon, near Ashford.
#5 16 Aug 44 F/O W. McKenzie RCAF
V-1 by tipping, near Maidstone.
#6 16 Aug 44 F/O M. Mullenders(Belgian)
V-1 by 20mm cannon, near Ashford.
** 16 Aug 44 W/C. A. McDowall
2 V-1s attacked. Each time broke off due to proximity of balloon barrage.
#7 17 Aug 44 F/O Ritch V-1.
#8 17 Aug 44 W/O Woodacre V-1.
#9 17 Aug 44 F/Sgt Assy V-1.
#10 19 Aug 44 F/O Hobson 1/2 V-1
Shared with another Tempest squadron.
#11 19 Aug 44 F/Sgt Watts V-1.
#12 28 Aug 44 F/O Hobson, F/Sgt Epps V-1 shared.
#13 29 Aug 44 F/O Miller V-1.
(and last by the squadron).
4 Feb 45
3 Meteor IIIs and a Meteor I stationed at airfield B-58 in Belgium (Brussels-Melsbroek).
All white paint scheme used.
W/C A McDowall – YP-P EE225 – Mk I
S/L D.A. Barry – YP-Q EE239 – Mk III
F/L M.M. Mullenders – YP-R EE240 – Mk III
F/O J.K. Rodgers – YP-S EE241 – Mk III
3 May 45
W/C W.E. Schrader (NZ), F/L A.G.P. Jennings
Flying from B-156 airfield, Luneberg, these two attack Schonberg airfield. Claimed destroyed on the ground are:
2x Ju 87, 2x He 111, 1x Bf 109, 1x Fi 156.
(Jennings claimed the Fi 156, encountered in the air but landed and was destroyed on the ground.)
The primary source of information is from an article by Chris Shores in Air Combat magazine – Jan 1976 (Vol 4, No.1) - ”The Allies’ First Jet Fighter”.
I've only been able to locate the reference to EE216 as F/O Dixie Dean's first wing tipping claim.
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