----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Houghton" <FlyN3Nvt@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Merlin Engine
> I thought so, was not going to open my mouth without proof. But it must
> have been the Glostor Meatior, Meitor, crap, cant spell it,
> Was much faster than their current V-1 hunters the Hawker Typhoon and the
> Tempest.
>
Quite so, the Gloster Meteor, that's put you out of your misery :-)
Apparently the piston engine types could eventually catch a V1 after a
shallow dive but it was a bit iffy.
I have found this reference also:
http://members.tripod.com/~BDaugherty/neam/meteor.html
Richard
Southampton - England
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