Unusual visitors to the station, in I believe 1958, were these brand-new Armstrong-Whitworth Sea Hawk FAW 100 from the then newly formed Marinefliegergeschwader 1 at Schleswig.   The wing was formed at Lossiemouth 1958 and VA 220 was the first of a total batch of 68.    Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.V1: Crew 1; Powerplant: one 2,449kg (5,400lb) thrust Rolls-Royce Nene 103 turbojet engine; Performance: Max speed 969 kph (602 mph), Range 1,287km (800 miles), Service ceiling 13,565m (44,500ft); Dimensions: Wingspan: 11.89m (39ft), Length 12.09m (39ft 8in), Height 2.64m (8ft 8in); Weight: 7,348kg (16,200lb) loaded; Armament: Four 20mm (0.79in) Hispano cannon, provision for four 227kg (500lb) bombs and 10 20cm (8in) or 16 12.7cm (5in) rockets. The HAWKER SEA HAWK started life as the P.1040, a protoype single-seat land-based interceptor.   The first protoytpe Sea Hawk flew on 2Sep47 and the aircraft entered production as the Sea Hawk F.Mk 1.   Later Sea Hawk variants culminating in the FGA.V1, possessed a strengthened wing to accommodate bombs, rockets or drop tanks.   Sea Hawks were issued to Fleet Airm Arm squadrons in 1953 and three years later the type was to see action with six squadrons during the Suez crisis, carrying out many ground-attack operations.   Sea Hawks also served with the Royal Netherlands Navy, the federal German Navy Air Arm and the Indian Navy.   (Data courtesy The Encyclopedia of Aircraft published by Silverdale Books in 2004.)   (Thanks to Maurice Parker)