Hawker Hunter F.2 ‘WN904 / Q’

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Hawker Hunter F.2 ‘WN904 / Q’
Hawker Hunter F.2 ‘WN904 / Q’

c/n S4/U/2912.
Built 1954.
British military serial WN904.
Among the 1,972 Hunters built, the F.2 was a rare mark. It was powered, along with the F.5, by the 8,300lbf Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 101, instead of the Rolls-Royce Avon used in all other marks of Hunter.
Built by Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry, only 45 were produced and this is now the only surviving example.
Delivered to 257sqn at Wattisham in September 1954, she remained with the unit until severely damaged in January 1956. Although repaired, she was then stored until 1958 when she went to the Melksham School of Technical Training as ‘7544M’.
In 1974 she was donated to the Imperial War Museum collection at Duxford, but was later loaned out to serve as a gate guard at Waterbeach Barracks, the former RAF Waterbeach.
Now permanently preserved at the Sywell Aviation Museum, she has recently been repainted and now wears genuine 257 Squadron colours on her port side, as seen here. Her starboard side is now in 263 Squadron markings.
Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, UK.
21st August 2019

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Taken on: August 21, 2019
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Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure Time: 0.003 sec (1/320)
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ISO: 200
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