Hawker Hunter

Built as an F.4 and delivered to the RAF in June 1995, XE668 served with 4(F) and 26(F) Squadrons before being returned to Hawkers in 1961 and converted to a GA.11. Returning to service with the RN - 738 NAS at Lossiemouth - she moved to Brawdy and then on to Hurn and the FRU in 1969. In October 1972 she moved to Yeovilton and FRADU and served with them until 1984 before retirement to the School of Aircraft Handling at Culdrose (with maintenance serial of A2733). In 1993 she was finally withdrawn from use and moved by road to nearby Predannack airfield and spent the next 14 years being used for pilot crash rescue training. As a result she is in quite a state, with many bits missing including the canopy, ejector seat, wingtips, wing leading edges and a good chunk of the rear fuselage burnt away. Surprisingly in late 2007 she was sold off - not to a scrap merchant - but to a paintball park, where she now acts as a suitably military bit of scenery.

Information on this page current as of 17/09/2008

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