Aircraft Photo of WV256 | Hawker Hunter GA11 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #654547
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WV256
Military Code:VL-862
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Hunter
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Hunter
Aircraft Version:Hawker Hunter GA11
C/n (msn):41H/670758
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location
City / Airport:YeoviltonMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGDY   IATA: YEO   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Yeovilton International Air Day 1982
 
Photo Date:31 July 1982
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 654547
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as Hunter F.4 WV256 in 1955. Converted to a Hunter GA.11 for the Royal Navy 1963. Stored at Shawbury in 1995. Sold in 2000. Registered as G-BZPB in 2001, restored to airworthy condition and painted as WB188. Stored at Exeter from 2003. Moved to Kemble in 2006 then to Coventry in 2010 and the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay in 2012. Moved to Badwell Green. Suffolk in 2023 after it was forced to close.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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