Corgi AA35010 Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 Royal Air Force WL123/H No111 Squadron, RAF North Weald, Essex, 1954

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Following its activities during WW2, No.111 Squadron disbanded in December 1947. On 2 December 1953, No.111 Squadron was reformed in its own right as a fighter unit equipped with Meteor F Mk8s at North Weald, Essex. Hunters replaced with Meteors in June 1955 and during this period it provided one of the RAF's most famous aerobatic display teams, The Black Arrows. In 1958, the squadron set a record which still stands when it performed a formation loop consisting of 22 aircraft.