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    Airframe Family: Hawker Hunter
    Latest Model:Hunter F.6A
    Last Military Serial:XG160 RAF
    Construction Number:S4/U/3393
    Last Civil Registration:G-BWAF
    Compressed ID:Armstrong Whitworth Hunter F.6A sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bounemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth International Airport, Bournemouth, Dorset, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Hunter F.6A by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton.

    August 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XG160.

    Transferred to 43 Squadron.

    1958

    Transferred to 111 Squadron, North Weald.

    March 1966

    Transferred to 229 OCU, Chivenor.
    Switched to the training role.

    From Unknown to June 1982

    To 1 TWU, Brawdy.

    May 1983

    Transferred to ground duties.

    Transferred to TMTS, Scampton.
    Served as an instructional airframe.

    Repainted once again in its 111 Squadron colours.

    December 1994

    Presented to the Royal Jordanian Air Force to form part of their Historic Flight.

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Bournemouth for overhaul.

    24 February 1995

    To RV Aviation Ltd, Beechwood, SHIPLAKE, Henley-On-Thames with new c/r G-BWAF (HAWKER HUNTER F6.A, S4/U/41H/3393).

    December 1997

    The Jordanians agreed that XG160 could remain at Bournemouth.

    To Bounemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth International Airport, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
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    4 May 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Bournemouth-Hurn, England

    9 December 2010

    Civil registration, G-BWAF, cancelled.

    By 16 May 2012

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: XG160
    Placed back in 111 Squadron colours.

    16 May 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Bournemouth Aviation Museum
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     Terry Fletcher
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