Gloster Meteor Mk.8 interpretation of the F4 “Yellow Peril” record holder EE455 forum request v1.0
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 interpretation of the F4 “Yellow Peril! record holder EE455 forum request.
The RAF High Speed Flight Meteors serialled EE454 and EE455 were flown by RAF’s Group Captain Hugh Joseph Wilson, CBE, AFC and Two Bars and Gloster Chief Test Pilot Eric Stanley Greenwood. Wilson, flying the camouflaged EE454 was few more miles faster that Greenwood in (almost) all-yellow EE455, having raised the record to 975.68 kmh. Less than a year later, Gp Capt E M (Teddy) Donaldson in a Meteor serialled EE549 set up a new record of 991.33 kmh and in January 1947, the very same machine also raised the Paris-London speed record.
Very few photos exist of the actual aircraft in colour, so some kit models that were produced suggest they had Silver outer wings and tail sections.
