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RAF Jever 111 Sqn Formation Aeros Team passing through and being turned round by ASF on their way to an air display at Rygge, Norway - 22May59.   Carefull examination of the original photo shows this to be Hunter F.6 R (on the nosewheel door).   Pete Latham reports the following: "My Jever flights in 1959 were: 6/7 May, Meteor 7 (pre show recce for Rygge); 9/11 May in Hunter 6 'R' was not Bitburg but Wiesbaden; 22/25 Hunter 6 'N' Show at Rygge via Jever; 6/7 June Hunter 6 'T' show at Jever.   I did not begin using Hunter 6 'X' as my regular mount until 15 March 1960 and then only until I needed to maximise the size of the formation by using the Hunter T7.   So although the cockpit markings look like the Boss, Pete Latham's aircraft, he seems to have been flying 'N' at Rygge on that occasion?
(Thanks to Maurice Parker.)
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