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Hawker Hunter
Links, References & Credits

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This page last updated on 29th June 2008

Links

• Delta Jets are the UK's leading Hunter operator.
• Gordon Williams has put together this rather nice Swiss Hunters Info site, dedicated to the 160 Hunters that went to Switzerland.
• Vic Flintham's excellent site has some Hunter coverage.
• This site on the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war includes some excellent pages on the Battle of Longewal and The Air War. Despite the Indian origin of these pages they seem quite impartial and open about such touchy subjects as numbers of losses.
• Hunter WV322 has its own site (also covering XF995). Shares and flights available.
• This unofficial Aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea Peruana (Peruvian Air Force) site includes a gallery of types used in Peru, including three Hunter pics (two F.52s and one T.62).
• André Eschkenasoff's Homepage includes a photo page with some Swiss Hunters in unusual paint schemes - worth a visit.
• Urban Fredriksson's Swedish Military Aviation pages include this page on the Hawker Hunter in Swedish service, including some pictures of Hunter F.50 34016.
• Aeromech in the UK own an ex-Swiss Hunter, currently up for sale or lease.
• The Fliegermuseum Altenrhein is another place to go if you want to fly a Hunter.
• HunterFlight Pty. in Australia are restoring an ex-Singapore Defence Force twin-seater to flying condition, and have news and pictures on their web site.
• Pacific Hunter Aviation of Australia have no less than 14 ex-Singapore Hunters for sale.
• Sir Sydney Camm from the Allstar Aerospace Hall of Fame.

Books

• Hawker Hunter - 50 Golden Years by Ray Deacon, published by Vogelsang Publications, 2001; ISBN 0-9540666-0-X. A superb pictorial round-up of just about every currently airworthy (or near-airworthy) Hunter. A valuable reference - and I'd say that even if I weren't biased because Ray is a keen supporter of this web site!

• Legends of the Air volume 1: F-86 Sabre, MiG-15 and Hawker Hunter by Stewart Wilson; published by Airlife, 1995; ISBN 1875671129. Haven't seen this one myself.
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• Warpaint Series No.8 "Hawker Hunter" by Alan W. Hall, published by Hall Park Books, 1997; ISSN 1363-0369. "It's bloody good" - Rick Kent. I'll go along with that! Lots of pictures, development and service history, scale plans of many variants, loads of colour profiles. The best £11.50 you could spend on a Hunter book.

• Modern Combat Aircraft 15: Hawker Hunter by Robert Jackson, published by Ian Allan, 1982; ISBN 0 7110 1216 4. Excellent book covering development, RAF service, slightly patchy coverage of the Hunter in foreign service and production listing.

• Hawker Hunter - The Operational Record by Robert Jackson, published by Airlife, 1989; ISBN 1 85310 048 X. Contains a lot of duplicated material from the above book, but concentrates on service use with both the RAF and other air forces. Better foreign coverage but no appendices and if you only want one of this author's two Hunter books, the other one is a better all-round choice.

• Hunter Squadrons of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm by Richard L Ward, published by Linewrights, 1985; ISBN 0 946958 13 0. Packed with pics (including a colour section) and loads of line drawings of colour schemes. Only criticism is he's missed out the RAF Flying College which operated about 15 Hunters for some time before it was renamed the College of Air Warfare at Manby.

• Hawker Hunter F.1/T.66 in Royal Air Force & Foreign Service, Aircam Aviation Series No.26, by Richard Ward and Francis K. Mason, published by Osprey Publications, 1971; ISBN 85045 041 1. Useful text plus loads of pics and colour profiles - well worth a look.

• Fighting Colors - Hawker Hunter in Color by Robbie Robinson, published by Squadron/Signal Publications, 1986; ISBN 0-89747-181-4. Not as good as Dick Ward's or Alan Hall's books but worth a look - nice pics and colour detail of u/c, cockpit, etc for the model-making fraternity. [Buy from Amazon UK]

• Hawker Hunter by Barry Jones, published by Crowood Press, 1998; ISBN 1 86126 0830. Has a few nice pics in it that haven't been seen before, but otherwise a bit disappointing. The appendicies on Tech Data and Production & Serial Blocks are very thin on the ground (no individual a/c histories at all), and also the first 24 pages have nothing to do with the Hunter at all (e.g. how does the Me 163 get in there?). [Buy from Amazon UK]

• Hawker Hunter in Action by Glenn Ashley, Squadron/Signal Publications Aircraft Number 121, 1992; ISBN 0-89747-273-X. The usual Squadron/Signal format and quality. [Buy from Amazon UK]

• Hawker Aircraft Since 1920 by Francis K Mason, first published by Putnam in 1961 - I'm sure there are later ones that I expect bring the Hunter story more up-to-date. The first edition has 28 pages on the Hunter plus a further 12 on all the production batches with serials/codes/Sqns, etc.
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• Neville Duke's Book of Flying edited by Edward Lanchbery and published by Cassell, 1954, has 10 pages on the world speed record written by the man himself plus a detailed map showing the course flown, plus some photos.
• Fly Navy by Ray Williams, published by Airlife, 1989; ISBN 1 85310 057 9. Only four pages on the Hunter but nice pics and useful text on FAA aircraft.
• Aeroguide No. 9 - Hunter F.6/FGA.9 published by Linewrights. Now out of print so if you see one, grab it. Lots of detail pictures (mostly monochrome) and scale plans.
• Aircraft Archive - Post-War Jets volume 2 published by Argus Books Ltd. 1988; ISBN 0 85243 944 4. A book of mostly 1/72 scale plans including plans for the P.1067 and Hunter F.5, and several monochrome pictures of various marks.

Magazines

• Aeroplane Monthly February 1996: Preservation Profile - Hunter F.4 XE677. Short (one-page) article with a full-page colour picture of the ill-fated G-HHUN (which also stars on the cover).
• Aeroplane Monthly December 1996: has a gorgeous Swiss F.58 on the front cover and the centre spread is a superb shot of the RAE's XE601. However apart from those two photographic feasts, no other Hunter material in this issue!
• Aeroplane Monthly August 1998: Hunter Odyssey - article on the acquisition and flight to South Africa of two ex-Swiss Hunters, with a number of nice pictures.
• Aeroplane Monthly July 2001: Hawker Hunter 50th - 18 pages of Hunter articles, superb - well worth seeking out.
• Aircraft Illustrated May 1983: Flying Hunter One's G-HUNT by Adrian Gjertsen, then display pilot of the aircraft. Now stored at Oshkosh, this all-red Hunter was one of the first civilian-operate examples and this is a great article from the pilot with some beautiful pictures including a great centre-spread.
• Aircraft Illustrated October 1991: has a beautiful underside shot of an RN GA.11 (in the overall dark sea grey scheme) on the front cover, very useful for modellers. Nothing much inside the magazine though.
• Aircraft Illustrated May 1994: Happy 'Hunting' Grounds - photo-report from RAF Lossiemouth in the final months of RAF Hunter service. Several colour pictures of the various two-seaters then still in use.
• Air Forces Monthly November 1994: Singapore or Bust by Peter Atkins. Good article on delivering a Hunter to the Singapore Air Force with plenty of pictures of SAF Hunters. This issue also came with a booklet titled Hunter Homage - A Pictorial Tribute to the Retiring Hunter, with lots of excellent colour pictures of Hunters from India, Chile, Switzerland and the UK (FRADU/RAE/ETPS/MoD(PE)/RAF).
• Air Power International issue 7 March 1995: Hunters in Swiss Air Force Service by Peter R. Foster - great article with lots of superb colour pictures, many of Hunters in special paint schemes. Well worth seeking out.
• Air Power International issue 8 April 1995: Hunters in Royal Navy Service by Peter R. Foster - another great article with lots of superb colour pictures!
• Air Pictorial March 1972: Hunter T.66A by Elfan ap Rees - single page article on the T.66A G-APUX, with a single monochrome picture.
• AIR International volume 49 number 3 September 1995: The Hunter Two-Seater by Roy Braybrook. Detailed article on the development of the twin-tub Hunter with monochrome and colour pictures, 3-view and 3D cutaway - excellent.
• Air World International volume 2 number 5 September 1996: includes an article on Jet Heritage with some nice colour pictures of their various Hunters.
• FlyPast September 1982: Why I Flew my Hunter Through Tower Bridge by Alan Pollock, the daredevil pilot who marked the RAF's 50th anniversary in style in April 1968!
• FlyPast February 1994: Maintaining the Legend by Robert Rudhall. An article on Jet Heritage's operation with some nice pictures of G-BOOM and other JH aircraft.
• FlyPast April 1996: Hunter Magic - excellent article by Sqd Ldr Dave Southwood on flying the RAE's Hunter FGA.9, XE601. Also includes lots of beautiful pictures of this particularly attractive Hunter.
• FlyPast May 1998: Cavete! - Hunters - two pages of monochrome pictures of 66 Squadron's Hunters in 1959/60.
• Jets November/December 1998: includes a number of excellent articles on the Hunter, from news of recently restored examples to a feature on the Black Arrows and an article on Hunters in MoD service. Definitely worth getting hold of.
• Military in Scale December 1997: Aeronautical Elegance - article on building the Academy 1/48 kit along with a few pictures, some of which are detail pictures.
• Scale Aircraft Modelling volume 10 number 10: The Magnificent Seven - Jim Howard builds the Echelon 1/32 vacform T.7. Also includes 1/72 scale plans for the T.7.
• Scale Aircraft Modelling volume 11 number 9: includes an article on Chilean air power (Hunter operators of course) but more importantly an Inside Story on two-seat Hunters (detail pictures).
• Scale Aircraft Modelling volume 19 number 5: has part 1 of a review of the Academy 1/48 kit.
• Scale Aircraft Modelling volume 19 number 8: has a review of the PJ 1/72 kit.
• Scale Aircraft Modelling volume 19 number 9: has part 2 of a review of the Academy 1/48 kit as well as a review of the Airfix 1/72 FGA.9.
• Scale Aviation Modeller International volume 3 issue 6 June 1997: includes 1/48 scale plans for the F.6.
• Scale Aviation Modeller International volume 3 issue 11 November 1997: Hawker Hunter FGA.9 - article on building the Academy 1/48 kit - and one to read and take note of, judging from the anguish the fit of the wings caused the author of the article! Also includes a Sketchpad article with good drawings of the single-seater cockpit interior.
• Scale Aviation Modeller International volume 3 issue 12 December 1997: Colourful Hunters - eleven colour profiles of RAF/RN/RAE, Omani, Chilean, Danish and Swiss Hunters.
• Scale Aviation Modeller International volume 4 issue 4 April 1998: Hunter Made for Two - Bill Clark builds the Academy 1/48 F.6 kit and converts it to a T.7 using the Invicta conversion set. Also includes a number of colour pictures of the RAE's T.7 XL564. Bill is one of the few reviewers to pick up on the too-small wheels in this kit. There's also a detail picture photo album feature, mostly on T.8C WV322, with lots of closeups in colour.
• Scale Models March 1979: Warpaint 3 - three rather nice colour profiles of a Kuwaiti F.57, RAF FGA.9 and Singaporean F.74 plus five monochrome pictures of RAF FGA.9/FR.10s, Singaporean F.74(A)s and a Jordanian FGA.9.
• Scale Models International August 1984: Honington Hunters - article on RAF Honington's Hunters, mostly monochrome pictures of RAF/RN two-seaters but three colour ones too.
• Scale Models International September 1994: Hawker Hunter - article on building Aeroclub's 1/48 FGA.9 multi-media kit as the RAE's XE601.
• Scale Models International December 1997: A Hesitant Hunter - Jonathan Mock builds (and corrects) the Academy 1/48 F.6 kit.

Credits

This section would have been greatly the poorer without contributions from the following - so many thanks to (in alphabetical order):

Zane Adams, Dave Allanson, Alan Allen, David Atkinson, Michael Baldock, Allan Barley, Jim Bates, Serge Batoussov, Nicolaas Van den Bergh, Ludo De Beuckeleer, Indrajit Bhosle, Roy Blewett, Jay D. Bohnenblust, Neil Broady, Pete Buckingham, David J. Burke, John Burtenshaw, Les Bywaters, Nick Challoner, Rupak Chattopadhyay, Chiok Ching Chaw, Deepak Chopra, Dick Clements (RIP), Ray Deacon, Bob Dunn, Chris Ford, Nicolas Godfurnon, Dave Graham, Bob Guilford, Michael Hall, Thomas P. Hofer, David Hill, Terry Johnson, Chuan Keng Keat, Rick Kent, Rupert Kent, Alan Kilham, Mike Kopack, Zvi Kreisler, Garry Lakin, Bob Lawson, Andy Lewis, Tom McGhee, Andrew McNeil, Julian Mitchell, Jagan Mohan, Glen Moreman, Paul Nann, John Nickolls, Per Thorup Pedersen, Alvaro Andre Romero Perez, Fred Pierce, Mathias Potulski, Peter Powell, Mike Reeler, Graham Revill, David Ridsdale, Ian Russell, Graham Salt, Nick Sayers, Sven Schepers, Shantanu Sen, Smithy, Urs Stoller, Hugh Taylor, Mark Taylor, Luiz F. Tedeschi, Ian Turner, Stefan Weber, Christoph Westhaus, Buck Wyndham and Louis Vosloo.

Thanks also to the following organisations:

Aeromech, Ailes Anciennes, Classic Fighters, Classic Jets, Classic Jets (UK), Delta Jets, Eagles Air Museum, Embraer, IIT Kharagpur Alumni Network, Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Midland Air Museum, The Old Flying Machine Company, RAF Coltishall, RAF Henlow, RAF Valley, Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Warbirds of India, Waterbeach Barracks, Wolverhampton Aviation Group and the Queensland Air Museum.

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