The RAF's Gloster Meteor ended up being initial and just functional Allied jet fighter to truly enter combat in WWII. In March 1943, a jet prototype created by the Gloster business and built with a De Havilland H.1 motor made its very first effective test trip. In July of 1944, pilots traveling the initial manufacturing form of the Meteor, the F.1 fighter, fought courageously in the Battle of Britain beneath the No. 616 Squadron. The F.1 housed two Rolls-Royce Welland jet engines capable of taking the fighter to speeds of 668km/h and was relatively successful in defending the British homeland against German V-1 rockets. The F.1 was later on replaced by the enhanced F.3 version featuring its Rolls Royce Derwent engines, changed canopy style, and increased gas ability.
