Hawker Hunter F.Mk.6A, 8687M / 41H/688056, Hunter Flying Club
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Registration: 8687M
Construction Number: 41H/688056
Code Number: XJ639 / H
Model Hawker Hunter F.Mk.6A
Operator: Hunter Flying Club
Airport: Exeter (EXT / EGTE), UK - England
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 16/09/2005
Date Submitted: 17/12/2008
Photographed while stored near the north west boundary of Exeter Airport. She once served with 2 and 4 Squadrons, 229 OCU, 1 TWU and finished her career with the Handling Squadron at RAF Cranwell. In May 2006 she was sold on eBay to the Blue Lagoon Diving & Leisure Centre, transported there and put together with the tail section from XF358 before being submerged beneath the waters of a man-made lake in Womersley, North Yorkshire. What a sad ending for a fine aeroplane.
Picture ID:1147246