Gloster Meteor FR Mk.9 in flight
A view of the Gloster Meteor FR Mk.9, the armed low level reconnaissance version of the aircraft. This shot clearly shows the camera windows in the nose and the cannon.
Picture courtesy of John Robertson
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Rickard, J (27 February 2008), Gloster Meteor FR Mk.9 in flight , http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_meteor_FR9.html