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Registration: XE645

Construction Number: 41H/679989

Code Number: P

Military Unit: 54 Squadron

Model Hawker Hunter F(GA).Mk.9

Operator: Royal Air Force

Airport: RAF Chelveston, UK - England

Airshow: Chelveston - Armed Forces Day - 1960

Photographer: George Trussell

Date Taken: 28/05/1960

Date Submitted: 08/06/2006

ff 28-06-56 Hugh Merewether. Delivered. 20-08-56, No 33MU. No.66 Sqn, 29-08-56. No.63 Sqn, 05-11-57. No.92 Sqn. No.56 Sqn, (‘A’), Waterbeach, 11-58. Returned to HSA, 12-03-59. Converted to FGA.Mk.9, which involved installing a full tropical kit, gun blast deflectors, stronger inboard pylons, braking parachute and fitting of an Avon 207 engine. Explosive Release Units on the outboard pylons fitted later. No.54 Sqn, (‘P’), 1960. No.208 Sqn, Khormaksar later Muharraq, ('M'), 26-11-62 to 30-06-65. No.19MU, St. Athan. No.8/43 Sqn, (‘U’ later ‘SW’), Khormaksar. Presented to Jordanian Air Force as FGA.Mk.73, (‘827/ M’), 09-09-67. Gift to SOAF, 1975 as 827 with No.6 Sqn, at Thumrait. W/O, 06-78.

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