Dates

Event

Constructed as a Hunter F.4.

4 May 1955

First flight.
Pilot Duncan Simpson.

19 May 1955

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WV256.

Circa May 1955

Transferred to 26 SQN, RAF Oldenburg, FRG.
Operated with markings: D

Transferred to 229 OCU, RAF Chivenor.

1961

Assigned to Unknown Location for storage.

Converted to a Hunter GA.11.

6 March 1962

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WV256.

10 April 1963

Transferred to 738 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth.
Operated with markings: 650, LM

Transferred to 738 NAS, RNAS Brawdy.
Operated with markings: 650

Markings Applied: 790

February 1966

Transferred to 764 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth.
Operated with markings: 691, LM

October 1966

Transferred to 5 MU, RAF Kemble.
For maintenance work.

From 3 May 1967 to November 1971

Transferred to 738 NAS, RNAS Brawdy.
Operated with markings: 794

24 May 1972

Transferred to 764 NAS, RNAS Brawdy.
Operated with markings: 695

Markings Applied: 698

Circa July 1972

Assigned to RAF Kemble for storage.

15 November 1972

Transferred to Air Direction Training Unit (ADTU), RNAS Yeovilton.
Operated with markings: 698
Operated by Airwork.

Markings Applied: 732

December 1972

Transferred to Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Training Unit, RNAS Yeovilton.
Operated with markings: 732

7 July 1973

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Hunter GA.11 of the Royal Navy Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit (FRADU) on static display at the 1973 International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire.

July 1974

Markings Applied: 862

July 1974

Harley light fitted in the nose.

By 1977

Transferred to FRADU, RNAS Yeovilton.
Operated with markings: 862, VL

19 July 1982

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

February 1985

Modernisation and a subsequent re-finish into the new standard dark sea grey paint scheme at RAF Abingdon.

26 April 1995

Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage.

July 1995

Listed at a MoD auction, but there was a late withdrawal due to complications with its ownership, having received funding from the United States when it was manufactured.

By December 1996

Assigned to RAF Kemble for storage.
Spotted stored at Kemble.

By 2000

Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage.
Stored at Shawbury.

29 November 2000

Sold at MoD auction.

29 November 2000

To Classic Jet Aircraft Co, Exeter.

From By 2001 to By 2006

Spotted in open storage at Exeter.

15 January 2001

To Barry Roy Pearson, Eaglescott Airfield, Burrington, Umberleigh with new c/r G-BZPB.

13 February 2001

Delivered from Shawbury to Exeter for a civil conversion.

Civil conversion with standard nose cone.

June 2001

Rolled-out.

Markings Applied: WB188
Painted in an overall duck-egg blue colour scheme.

From 2002 to By 2006

Operated by Hunter Flying Club, Exeter.
Operated by the Hunter Flying Club.

17 July 2003

Permit to fly expired.

2006

Markings Applied: WB188
Trucked from Exeter to Kemble for restorationn to flying condition.

2006

Based at Kemble Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England.
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2006

Markings Applied: WB188
Restoration to fly started.

2009

Photographer: Andy West

16 March 2011

Civil registration, G-BZPB, cancelled.

To Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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2 November 2011

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Gate Guard At Airbase Museum, Coventry Airport

To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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Markings Applied: WV256, D

Photographer: Mike Henniger

3 August 2023

To unknown owner.
Delivered to private owner near Ipswich by RPM Aviation Ltd.

3 August 2023

Photographer: Pat Marchant
Notes: On delivery

3 August 2023

Photographer: Pat Marchant
Notes: On delivery