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In 1957, the Royal Netherlands Air Force formed an aerobatic display team with four Gloster Meteor Mk.8s. Known as "Ruiten Vier" (Diamonds Four), the team performed shows throughout Europe just for one year before disbanding.

Gloster Meteor F.Mk 8

Designed as a turbojet-powered fighter in a time when piston-engined aircraft still dominated the skies, the Gloster Meteor first flew on March 5, 1943. The Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the only Allied jet aircraft to see service during WWII. It debuted around the same time as the German Me 262, but was not used for dogfighting—instead, Meteors were used to combat the V1 Flying Bomb. The Meteor's service during WWII was limited, but it saw combat during the Korean War and was used by the Royal Australian Air Force and by the Air Forces of more than a dozen other nations until its ultimate retirement in the 1970s.