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No 2 SQUADRON AIRCRAFT HISTORIES
By kind permission of the Authors of
RAF Hunters in Germany

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Swift FR. 5 Hunter F.6 Hunter FR.10 Hunter T.7
Airframe Number Sqn Letter Arrived Departed Destination
Swift FR.5s

 

 

 

Swift FR.5s in Germany from Fri 24 Feb 1956 to Sat 13 May 1961

WK274

 

Mon 11 Mar 1957

Tue 3 May 1960

Struck Off Charge to MOD
WK277

N

Tue 3 Mar 1959

Fri 7 Apr 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit.   Now in the Newark Air Museum (14Dec05).  (Click to see).  (Click to see History).
WK280

P

Sun 12 Apr 1959

Thu 9 Mar 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
WK288

B

Fri 14 Dec 1956

Fri 17 Feb 1961

60 MU (Click to see).
WK289

V

Tue 28 Apr 1959

Mon 13 Mar 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
WK290

Y

Mon 11 May 1959

Wed 8 Feb 1961

60 MU.  The Manston Fire School.  (Click to see).
WK295

G

Mon 1 Jun 1959

Fri 17 Mar 1961

Withdrawn from use. Displayed at Geilenkirchen
WK299

 

Thu 29 Jan 1959

Tue 5 Jul 1960

Struck Off Charge to MOD
WK300

 

Tue 3 Feb 1959

Wed 18 Jan 1961

Struck Off Charge to MOD. [Click to see]
WK302

R

Thu 5 Nov 1959

Sat 8 Apr 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
WK304

 

Tue 29 Sep 1959

Mon 26 Oct 1959

Category 5 Damage write off in Flying Accident - crashed due to engine failure
WK307

C

Tue 10 May 1960

Wed 5 Apr 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
WK314

H

Tue 24 May 1960

Fri 17 Feb 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
WN124

S

Mon 14 Jul 1958

Thu 27 Aug 1959

Category 5 Damage Crashed into the River Weser
XD908

A & P?

 

 

Missing from records
XD910

B

Tue 24 Apr 1956

Fri 23 Aug 1957

Category 5 Damage write off Flying Accident - Struck Off Charge to MOD
XD912

C

Fri 24 Aug 1956

 

 
XD912

R

 

Mon 7 Oct 1957

Vickers
XD914

F

Tue 24 Apr 1956

 

 
XD914

D

 

Fri 21 Jan 1959

Category 4 Damage - No 23 Maintenance Unit
XD915

 

Fri 11 May 1956

Thu 11 Dec 1958

Category 4 Damage - No 23 Maintenance Unit
XD916

E

Fri 4 Feb 1956

Thu 1 Jan 1959

Category 4 Damage - No 23 Maintenance Unit. (Click to see).
XD920

X

Tue 24 Apr 1956

 

 
XD920

Z

 

 

 
XD920

E

 

Wed 10 Feb 1960

Category 3 Damage - Struck Off Charge to MOD Mon 22 Feb 1960. (Click to see).
XD922

W

Thu 10 May 1956

Tue 4 Nov 1958

Category 4 Damage - No 23 Maintenance Unit
XD924

M

Mon 18 Jun 1956

Thu 14 Jul 1960

Category 3 Damage - Struck Off Charge to MOD Thu 4 Aug 1960
XD926

K

Fri 11 May 1956

Mon 24 Nov 1958

Category 5 Damage write off Crash landed Jever - Struck Off Charge to MOD.  (Click to see).
XD927

N

Fri 11 May 1956

Thu 18 Dec 1958

Category 4 Damage - No 23 Maintenance Unit
(Click to see).
XD928

G

Thu 24 May 1956

Thu 9 Apr 1959

Category 5 Damage write off Flying Accident - crashed
XD929

S

Thu 24 May 1956

Thu 28 Aug 1958

No 23 Maintenance Unit
XD930

U

Fri 8 Jun 1956

Wed 5 Nov 1958

Category 4 Damage No 23 Maintenance Unit.  (Click to see).
XD949

D

Tue 5 Jun 1956

Thu 11 Dec 1958

Category 4 Damage No 23 Maintenance Unit
XD950

X

Thu 24 May 1956

Wed 22 Jun 1960

Struck Off Charge to MOD.  (Click to see)
XD959

V

Tue 9 Apr 1957

Sun 22 Feb 1959

No 23 Maintenance Unit
XD962

J

Wed 10 Aug 1960

 

 
XD962

L

 

Mon 27 Mar 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
XD964

F

Wed 4 Mar 1959

Sat 13 May 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit
XD967

 

Tue 10 Jun 1958

Sat 28 Feb 59

Category 5 Damage write off Flying Accident - Crashed in Germany
XD972

W

Fri 7 Nov 1958

Thu 8 Sep 1960

Struck Off Charge to MOD
XD973

U

Fri 7 Nov 1958

Wed 8 Feb 1961

No 60 Maintenance Unit. [Click to see].
 

 

 

 

Roger Lindsay and I would like added Code Letters and airframe numbers for Swifts if anyone has them. See Mick Ryan under Contact
Hunter F.6s

 

 

 

 
XG294

 

Sun 1 Jan 1961

Fri 10 Feb 1961

No 5 Maintenance Unit
XJ637

 

Wed 4 Jan 1961

Wed 22 Feb 1961

No 19 Maintenance Unit
XJ639

C

Wed 4 Jan 1961

Tue 21 Mar 1961

No 19 Maintenance Unit
XJ645

E

Sun 1 Jan 1961

Fri 10 Feb 1961

No 5 Maintenance Unit
XJ676

 

Wed 4 Jan 1961

?

No 229 Operational Conversion Unit
 

 

 

 

 
Hunter FR.10s

 

 

 

 
WW593

Y

Tue 13 Jan 1970

 

 
WW596

N

Tue 8 Aug 1961

Mon 14 Mar 1966

No 229 Operational Conversion Unit
WW596

N

Tue 9 May 1967

 

 
XE556

W

Thu 9 Nov 1961

 

 
XE585

E

Wed 27 May 1970

 

 
XE605

O

Fri 10 Feb 1967

 

 
XE621

H

Wed 8 Feb 1961

Wed 28 Feb 1962

Category 5 Damage - Write off
XE625

I

Tue 28 Feb 1961

Thu 12 Feb 1970

No 4 Squadron
XF422

M

Fri 30 Jun 1967

Wed 20 Dec 1967

No 229 Operational Conversion Unit
XF428

 

Tue 20 Jul 1965

?

Later to Hawker Siddeley Aviation
XF432

S

Thu 9 Feb 1961

Thu 29 Jan 1970

No 4 Squadron
XF441

O

Mon 27 Mar 1961

Fri 20 Dec 1963

No 1417 Flight
XF441

N

Sun 13 Mar 1966

Sun 13 Mar 1966

No 8 Squadron
XF457

A

Wed 15 Mar 1961

 

Later coded T
XF457

T

Thu 26 Feb 1970

 

No 4 Squadron
XF458

W

Wed 22 Mar 1961

Wed 1 Sep 1965

No 4 Squadron
XF458

I

Wed 11 May 1966

Mon 17 May 1971

Hawker Siddeley Aviation
XF459

T

Sun 22 Feb 1970

Tue 22 Mar 1971

Hawker Siddeley Aviation
XG127

Y

?

Mon 10 Jun 1968

Hawker Siddeley Aviation
XG168

N

Tue 28 Feb 1961

Sat 1 Sep 1962

No 19 Maintenance Unit
XG168

V

Fri 18 Nov 1966

Fri 22 May 1970

No 229 Operational Conversion Unit
XJ633

S

Thu 29 Jan 1970

Tue 2 Mar 1971

Hawker Siddeley Aviation
XJ694

Z

Mon 9 Sep 1963

Mon 30 Sep 1963

No 4 Squadron. This aircraft was continuously pooled between 2 and 4 squadrons until Tue 16 Feb 1971 when it departed for Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
Hunter T.7

 

 

 

 
WV372

R

May 1967

Tue 30 Mar 1971

Royal Aircraft Establishment