JUST WHERE ARE THE FRADU's HAWKER HUNTERS TODAY?
 
Below is a list of 43 Hawker Hunter aeroplanes that served with the Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit (FRADU) at RNAS Yeovilton between 1972 and 1995.
Almost all the airframes had seen earlier service with the Fleet Air Arm's second line Hunter Squadrons, such as 738 NAS, 759NAS and 764 NAS before being moved onto FRADU's strength at various times, some entering FRADU service as late as 1983. (For more information on the Hunter's life with these Squadrons please see 'The FAA Hunter Sqns' section above)

Clicking a serial will bring up the service history of that particular airframe in addition to a slideshow containing a minimum of five images showing it at various stages of its career with the FRADU unit, and if applicable its life as a privately owned civilian aeroplane.

Airframes are sorted listed in fleet number order beginning with the prefix 8, as they would have been in 1988 (aeroplanes that had been withdrawn or written off before this date are listed under its last active identity).


Section 1 - The Hunter GA.11s

Fleet No / Serial Owner/Location
830 - WV382 East Midlands Aeropark, Castle Donington, East Midlands
831 - WT804 Home Office Fire School, Moreton-in-Marsh
832 - XE668 Hamburger Hill Paintball park, Hunstrete, Bristol
833 - WW654 Privately owned, former RNAS Ford airfield, nr Clymping, West Sussex
834 - XE716 Abandoned after engine failure, 16/5/83
834 - XF301 Privately owned, Chino, California, USA (N301XF)
835 - XE682 Burned at RNAS Culdrose
836 - WV267 Last known location; Tulsa, OK, USA
837 - WT711 Lakes Lightnings, Spark Bridge, Cumbria
838 - WT806 Northbrook College, Shoreham, West Sussex
   
860 - XF300 Privately owned, Kemble (G-BZPC/'WB188')
861 - XE685 Privately owned, Hunter Flying Ltd, Exeter Airport (G-GAII)
862 - WV256 Privately owned, Kemble (G-BZPB/'WB188')
863 - XF368 Thunder City Aircraft Company, South Africa (G-BZRH)
864 - XE689 Privately owned, Kemble (G-BWGK)
865 - XF977 Abandoned after engine failure, 17/3/81
865 - XE707 Current whereabouts unknown (N707XE)
866 - WT723 Privately owned, Hunter Flying Ltd, Exeter Airport (G-PRII/'XG194')
867 - WT809 Crashed near Ilchester, 14/6/88
868 - WT744 Privately owned, Eaglescott, Devon


Section 2 - The two-seat T.8C and T.7 Hunters

Fleet No / Serial Owner/Location
869 - XF310 Privately owned, Melbourne, Australia (VH-HMS)
870 - XF358 Privately owned, Hunter Flying Ltd, Exeter Airport
871 - XF357 Dutch Hawker Hunter Foundation, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (G-BWGL/'N-321')
872 - WV363 Abandoned after fuselage & engine fire 15/2/92
873 - XF985 Abandoned after engine failure, 10/4/90
873 - XF994 Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
874 - XF991 Abandoned after engine explosion 25/5/78
874 - WT702 Crashed into the sea, 16/12/82
874 - XL601 Brussels Air Museum, Vissenaken, Belgium
875 - WT772 Abandoned after engine failure, 21/9/76
875 - XF289 Lortie Aviation Inc, Montreal, Canada (ex-N289XF)
876 - XE665 Privately owned, Kemble (G-BWGM)
877 - XL584 Crashed into the sea, 31/10/84
877 - WV372 Fox One Syndicate, Kemble Airfield, Gloucs (G-BXFI)
878 - WT722 Privately owned, Kemble (G-BWGN)
879 - WT799 Blue Lagoon Diving Centre, Womersley, Yorkshire
879 - XX466 Guernsey Airport Fire Section, Guernsey, Channel Islands
879 - WV396 Gate Guardian, RAF Valley, Wales
880 - XL598 Thunder City Aircraft Company. South Africa (ZU-ATH)
 - XL565 Privately owned, Bruntingthorpe, Leics


Section 3 - The 899 NAS (but FRADU operated) T.8Ms

Fleet No / Serial Owner/Location
723 - XL580 Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton
724 - XL603 Last known location; Tulsa, OK, USA
 - XL602 Privately owned, Hunter Flying Ltd, Exeter Airport (G-BWFT)

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