Remember Whittle was not the only one developing jet aircraft in the UK, Geoffrey De-Havilland Snr stated he could have had the Vampire in production years earlier than it was. As another post said Gloster and Carter only got to design the Meteor because all of the successful design teams were fully committed. Giving gas turbines to Camm and Mitchell as well as De-Havilland would have left Carter with his record of failed designs and biplane fighters after the monoplane had arrived where he belonged, on the scrapheap. As another earlier poster said though Carter had gone to the "right" schools and knew the "right" people, much like Leigh-Mallory.
As for bombers Wellington and Lancaster airframes were fitted with centrifugal gas turbines, Nenes, after the war adding 100mph+ to their top speeds.
As for bombers Wellington and Lancaster airframes were fitted with centrifugal gas turbines, Nenes, after the war adding 100mph+ to their top speeds.