Aircraft Photo of XF357 | Hawker Hunter T8C | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #866303
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XF357
Military Code:871
Other Marks:VL
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Hunter
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Hunter
Aircraft Version:Hawker Hunter T8C
C/n (msn):HABL-003086
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Unit Markings:FRADU - Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit
Location
City / Airport:YeoviltonMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGDY   IATA: YEO   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Yeovilton International Air Day 1989
 
Photo Date:29 July 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 866303
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as Hunter F.4 XF357 in 1956. Returned to Hawker in 1959. Converted to a T.8 for the Royal Navy. Sold and registered as G-BWGL in 1995. Painted in RAF colours as XJ615 then in Netherlands Air Force colours as N-321 in 2007. Grounded at St. Athan in 2020 due to maintenance issues. Moved to the Flieger Museum Altenrhein, Switzerland in 2023.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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