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Registration: 853

Construction Number: S4/U/3302

Code Number: XF426

Model Hawker Hunter FR.Mk.10

Operator: Royal Air Force Museum

Airport: RAF Cosford (EGWC), UK - England

Photographer: John Mellor

Date Taken: 12/10/2017

Date Submitted: 23/11/2019

Built 1957 for the RAF as an F.6 with the serial XF426, later converted to an FR.10. In 1972 she was presented to the Royal Jordanian Air Force and reserialled 853. She moved to the Sultan of Oman Air Force (SOAF) in 1975 and was finally retired in 1993. In 2003 she was returned to the UK and put on display at Hendon. Moved to Cosford March 2017

Picture ID:1681007

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