1950's/60's Archive Part 24:Hawker Hunter

Here’s a group of Hunters at various airshows, a surprising number survive.
Photos by the late Gerald Lawrance, digitised and made available by Tony Clarke.

WP104/A Hunter F.5, 56 Sq. (Returned to HSA 1959 and scrapped):

XE597 Hunter F.6, special marks for C/O of 63 Sq. At Heathrow BoB Display (Yes really) 21-9-58. Converted to FGA.9 and flew until 1985. To 8874M at Halton, the nose survives in Bromsgrove:

XE606 Hunter F.6, AFDS. Later converted to F.6A, withdrawn for BDRT at Laarbruch, it was rescued by 20 Sq and survives at Cottesmore in 4 Sq marks:

XE615/G Hunter FGA.9, 1 Sq. (Later FGA.9 and exported to Singapore). For diecast collectors, this is the Corgi 1 Sq model:

XE627/T Hunter F.6, 65 Sq. Preserved at Duxford:

XF321/A Hunter T.7, 56 Sq. At Coltishall 19-9-64. Nose survives at Crediton:

XF459/F Hunter FR.10, 4 Sq. At Coltishall 16-9-61. (Later a T.66E with Indian AF):

XF511/P Hunter F.6, 74 Sq. At Wethersfield 1960. (Later FGA.9 with Rhodesian and Zimbabwe AF, W/O 19-6-89):

XG187/V Hunter F.6, 63 Sq. (To Jordan):

XG200/5 Hunter F.6, 111 Sq ‘Black Arrows’ W/O 15-5-67:

XG225 Hunter F.6A, 92 Sq ‘Blue Diamonds’. At Wethersfield 1962. Now a Gate-Guard at Cosford:

XJ633/K Hunter FR.10, 4 Sq. At Coltishall 1966. To Singapore AF:

XL568/X Hunter T.7 or T.7A, 74 Sq. Now hung up at Cosford:

XL575/80 Hunter T.7, 234 Sq/229 OCU. At Wyton 14-9-63. W/O Wales 8-11-71. Remains still exist at crash site, now a tourist attraction:

XL579/25 Hunter T.7, ETPS. W/O 22-1-76. Also a Corgi model:

XL609 Hunter T.7, 56 Sq. Nose survives on Isle Of Wight:

XL610 Hunter T.7, 111 Sq ‘Black Arrows’. W/O 7-6-62:

XL620/Z Hunter T.7 74 Sq. At Coltishall 16-9-61. To Saudi and Jordanian AF, returned as XX466. Nose survives on fire dump at Guernsey Airport:

Fourteen Hunters. Black Arrows, I presume: