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Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no: HABL/41H-674038
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679911
First flight 27Jan56, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Original serial  XE536,
delivered to no5 Maintenance Unit (Kemble) 23Feb56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 20Jan58, Pilot M. P. Howell
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 13Mar58, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Delivered to Emmen 03Apr58, Pilot: Hans Häfliger
The 517-mile/832km delivery flight took 54 minutes,
at an average speed of 575mph/925kph
Aircraft returned to Dunsfold on several occasions
Delivered to squadron 12Apr58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 7, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Fatigue meter
KAWEST
Hours logged: 2541.17, landings: 1330
Out of service (and final flight) 16Dec94 at Dübendorf,
Pilot Major Konrad Brändli
The last Swiss Hunter operational flight,
by the first Swiss Hunter

Stripped to bare aluminium and perfectly repainted by Alfred Genther, BAMF (Swiss Logistics Command) paint specialist, at Dübendorf. Aircraft returned to its original 1958 condition, without braking parachute or KAWEST (Kampfwertsteigerung = Increased Operational Performance) modifications.
Displayed at Fliegermuseum Dübendorf, Aug 2002
Google Earth coordinates: 47 23'51.04N,8 37'55.97E

Links:
Flieger Flab Museum, Dübendorf
Flieger Flab Museum Panorama of Exhibition Hall

A set of pictures from Les Sarjeant of the original ferry flight from England to Emmen in April 1958

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679908
First flight 12Jan56, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Original serial  XE533, delivered to no5MU Kemble 04Feb56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Modified by HAL 1957 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 14Jun58, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Delivered to Emmen 26Jul58, Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 25Jul58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 11 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 1285.06, landings:#

27Mar74
Dead-stick landing at Alpnach after engine failure, following exercise at Alpnachersee. Aircraft repaired after taking safety net, and undercarriage collapse.
Pilot Georges Dulex

07Apr76
Training flight from Dübendorf AFB: Loss of orientation after canopy misted; crashed near Ehrikon, Kanton Zürich
Pilot Lt Roland Gygax (UeG FlSt 11)†

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679916
First flight 09Feb56, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Original serial  XE541, delivered to no5MU Kemble 23Feb56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 20Jan58, Pilot F/O Jankiewicz
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 09Jul58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 13Oct58, Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 13Oct58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 7, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2700.27, landings: 1506
Out of service: 31Dec94, BAMF Payerne AFB

BABLW (Bundesamt für Betriebe der Luftwaffe - Federal Office, Air Force Operations), Payerne AFB
Preserved by Musée de l'Aviation Militaire de Payerne "Clin d'ailes"
Oct 2014 Stored outside at Payerne
Google Earth coordinates: 46 50'46.16N,6 54'57.26E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679917
First flight 02Feb56, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Original serial  XE542, delivered to no5MU Kemble 14Feb56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 29Jan58, Pilot F/L Fisher
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 17Jul58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 20Sep58, Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Not delivered to squadron
Hours logged: 3.34, landings:#

08Oct58
Compressor blade failure en route Interlaken - Emmen, during pre-delivery test flight.
Pilot attempted unsuccessfully to glide to airstrip at Thun, aircraft crashed into orchard at Schwendibach, region Steffisburg, Kanton Bern.
Pilot Hptm Weber (KTA) ejected safely.
HAL replaced engine, but not airframe.

First Hunter loss for Swiss Air Force

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679902(?) Confusion with J-4006
First flight 25Dec55, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Original serial  XE529, delivered to no5MU Kemble 17Jan56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 29Jan58, Pilot F/S Hicks
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 25Jul58, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 25Sep58, Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 13Oct58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5 #
Hours logged: 71.33, landings:#

25Oct60
Interlaken to Meiringen, double-patrol firing training exercise: Engine/hydraulic failure on approach to Meiringen, overspeed emergency landing. Aircraft broke up after repeated heavy contact with runway, and braking chute failure.
Pilot Wm André Ruchat, (FlSt 5) †
A book written by André Ruchat's daughter Anna in 2012, Schattenflug, tells the story of her father and of his last flight, from different perspectives. Book available here: Amazon.de (German text)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679904 (previous confusion with J-4005)
First flight 29Dec55, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Original serial  XE527, delivered to no19MU St Athan 11Jan56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 06Feb58, Pilot F/L Guest
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 26Aug58, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 03Oct58, Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 14Oct58
Served with SAF Squadrons:15, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2514.33, landings:1274
Out of service: 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

Ferried Emmen-Lyneham UK 12Jun95, Pilot: Hanspeter Suter
Transported by CAF Hercules serial  130325, to Canada 12Sep95

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario

2004
Placed on loan to the Northern Lights Hawker Hunter demonstration team

26Mar10 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
serial  N334AX
13Apr18 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)
Current with ATAC, 2022

2022 Centre fuselage construction number corrected to 41H-679904

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679920
First flight 14Feb56, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Original serial  XE545, delivered to no5MU Kemble #
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 27Jan58, Pilot F/S Hicks
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 27Aug58, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 03Oct58, Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 16Oct58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 7, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

September 1989 Took part in TIKAS
(Tiefflugkampagne Schweden, low-level training exercise) at Vidsel, Sweden

Hours logged: 2693.41, landings:1289
Out of service: 16Dec93,
flown to Interlaken AFB, pilot Ruedi von Gunten

Acquired by HUVER (Hunterverein Interlaken) 10Jun95
Active aircraft

2006 Aircraft not active
2014 Static engine ground run, after regular maintenance
2021 Regular maintenance, aircraft kept in immaculate condition, though not active
Google Earth coordinates, HUVER: 46 30'1.68N,7 24'13.64E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
First true production FMk6, Hawker trials aircraft
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679901
First flight 11Oct55, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Original serial  XE526, delivered to no5MU Kemble 11Jan56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 19Feb58, Pilot M.P.Smetowiscz
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 08Sep58, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 30Oct58, Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 15Dec58
Served with SAF Squadrons:20 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2690.14, landings:1541
Out of service: 29Aug94, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped, Interlaken

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679903
First flight 28Dec55, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Original serial  XE528, delivered to no5MU Kemble 17Jan56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Ferried Kemble to Dunsfold 19Feb58, Pilot P/O Maxwell
Modified by HAL 1958 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 09Sep58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 08Nov58, Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 02Dec58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2560.33, landings:1474
Out of service: 17Feb94, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped, Interlaken

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679929
First flight 29Feb56, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Original serial  XE554, delivered to no19MU St Athan 08Mar56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Modified by HAL 1957 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
First flight as Mk58: 18Sep58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Flown to Kloten 10Nov58, Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 05Dec58
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

Hours logged: 2523.25, landings:1346

10Nov58 (Delivery flight UK - Emmen, Manfred Brennwald, test pilot GRD) Aircraft diverted to Kloten (Zürich) due to bad visibility. Landed with 50 litres of fuel, enough for about 40 seconds full-throttle running

September 1989 Took part in TIKAS
(Tiefflugkampagne Schweden, low-level training exercise) at Vidsel, Sweden

10May94 Buochs AFB, simulated crash exercise (controlled landing gear collapse, pilot Capt Rudolf Wattinger)
Aircraft taken out of service.

Zivilschutz (Civil Defence) at Wangen an der Aare, Bern (fuselage only).
Other components seen near Stans, Nidwalden, mid-1990s

June 2015 Fuselage currently stored at Sion, in three sections
(Thanks to David Potter)

March 2016 Fuselage sections dumped at Sion

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679930
First flight 15Feb56, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Original serial  XE555, delivered to no5MU Kemble 14Mar56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Modified by HAL 1957 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
Sold to SAF 01Apr58
First flight as Mk58: 22Sep58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 04Dec58 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 19Dec58
Served with SAF Squadrons:2 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

White 'aggressor' band painted around rear fuselage, summer 1981

Hours logged: 2407.56, landings:1398
Out of service: 14Oct93, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped, Interlaken

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk6
Hawker Aircraft Line no:#
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-679928
First flight 28Feb56, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Original serial  XE553, delivered to no5MU Kemble 26Mar56
(RAF, new aircraft pending squadron allocation)
Modified by HAL 1957 to FGA9 (Mk58) specification
Sold to SAF 10Apr58
First flight as Mk58: 04Oct58, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 12Dec58 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 17Jan59
Served with SAF Squadrons:18 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2404.09, landings:1465
Out of service: 18Nov93, Interlaken AFB
Dismantled for spares

Remainder scrapped, Interlaken 1995

Pictures from Marcel Walter of J-4012 undergoing a battle-damage repair exercise at St Stephan in November 1993, before her final flight to Interlaken

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE01
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691761
First flight at Dunsfold 07Dec58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Aircraft retained at Dunsfold for trials
Delivered to Emmen 16Jul59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
First new-build FMk58
Handed over to KTA Emmen 13Dec61 (not in squadron service)
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Used by KTA/GRD as experimental aircraft, along with J-4014
(KTA = Kriegstechnischen Abteilung = Technical War Department,
which in the early 1960s became GRD = Gruppe für Rüstungsdienste = Technical Evaluation Unit)
Out of GRD service 23Nov95,
last flight with GRD test pilot Walter Spycher

Out of SAF service 03Jan96, Buochs AFB, BAMF reserve
Hours logged: 1165.19, landings:660
Lowest logged hours of any Swiss Hunter
Special paint scheme, orange/blue gentian motif to underside

Privately owned (dismantled):
Max Dätwyler & Co, Flugplatz Langenthal, Bleienbach

Mar2018
Aircraft on display at MMW Militärmuseum Wildegg, Switzerland

Link:
MMW Militärmuseum Wildegg
Google Earth coordinates: 47 24'44.41"N,8 9'36.91"E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE02
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691762
First flight at Dunsfold 06Dec58, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Dübendorf 15Jan59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Second new-build FMk58
Delivered to squadron 01Sep60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 11 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Taken out of squadron use. Used by KTA/GRD as experimental aircraft, along with J-4013
(KTA = Kriegstechnischen Abteilung = Technical War Department,
which in the early 1960s became GRD = Gruppe für Rüstungsdienste = Technical Evaluation Unit)
Out of GRD service mid-60s, all test equipment removed, returned to squadron

Hours logged: 400.10, landings:665

18Apr68
Collision with terrain at Fliegerschiessplatz Axalp-Ebenfluh
(SAF firing range, Kanton Bern) during photo-demoflight.
Pilot Hptm Paul Birrer (Kommandant FlSt 11) †
Oblt Ernst Saxer (FlSt 10, photographer on ground) †
Another person on ground, minor injuries

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE03
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691763
First flight at Dunsfold 01Jan59, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Delivered to Emmen 07Feb59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 21Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 3, 5, 7, 11, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

Experimental green/white winter camouflage applied at Dübendorf, Dec74-Feb75 (Fliegerstaffel 11)

Sep94 Aircraft decorated as Graffity-Hunter following Fliegerstaffel 20's last refresher course. Artwork used 160 spray-cans, and was carried out by Zürich artists Dave Gartmann and Patrick Berger

Hours logged: 2700.37, landings:1496
Out of service 16Dec94
Last flight Meiringen - Mollis 11May95, Pilot Major Konrad Brändli

Displayed at Hunter Verein Glarus, Mollis AFB
Excellently maintained, with a view to possibly returning J-4015 to flight condition
Google Earth coordinates: 47 4'42.60N,9 3'58.38E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE04
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691764
First flight at Dunsfold 31Dec58, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 05Feb59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 18Feb59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 21 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2023.30, landings:408

08Mar84
Mid-air collision with J-4055 during combat training:
Aircraft crashed into wood near Ärnihofs, Werthenstein, Ebnet-Wolhusen (Kanton Luzern)
Pilot Asp. Fw Hanspeter Stricker (FlSt 21) ejected safely

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE05
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691765
First flight at Dunsfold 15Jan59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 16Feb59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 16Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15, 20 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2075.52, landings:700

02Jul86
Collision with terrain during ground attack,
Bellelay, Kanton Bern
Pilot Lt Olivier Benz (UeG FlSt 15) †

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE06
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691766
First flight at Dunsfold 28Jan59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Dübendorf 23Feb59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 19Mar59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2398.02, landings:991
Out of service (last flight) 19Aug92, Interlaken AFB
Pilot Hptm Bruno Weibel

Handed over to BAMF Interlaken 10Jun95
On outdoor display at Interlaken AFB,
maintained by Hunterverein Interlaken

Spring 2002:
Acquired by RUAG Aerospace Interlaken
Aircraft repainted and displayed on the RUAG premises, next to the former airbase of Interlaken
Google Earth coordinates: 46 40'06.24N, 7 52'30.37E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE07
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691767
First flight at Dunsfold 15Jan59, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Delivered to Dübendorf 23Feb59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 28Feb59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2391.10, landings:1169
Out of service 14Jul92, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped, Interlaken 23Jul92

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE08
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-691768
First flight at Dunsfold 14Feb59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 09Mar59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 27May59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft

September 1989 Took part in TIKAS
(Tiefflugkampagne Schweden, low-level training exercise) at Vidsel, Sweden
Aug91 Wings replaced (from J-4028)

Hours logged: 2676.19, landings:1292
Out of service 07Dec94, Dübendorf AFB
Last flight Emmen - Dübendorf 07Apr95, Pilot Hanspeter Hulliger

29Mar96, static display, UeG Dübendorf AFB
UeG = Überwachungsgeschwader (Surveillance Wing)

2017 On outside display at Dübendorf AFB
Google Earth coordinates: 47 24'26.63N, 8 38'17.19E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE09
Forward Fuselage no:S4/4H-694117
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-694926 (41H-691770?)#
First flight at Dunsfold 19Feb59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Kloten 18Mar59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 04Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2769, landings:1401
Out of service #16Dec94, Emmen AFB

Aircraft offered to Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Aviation Museum of Central Finland), Tikkakoski, Finland (offer declined)

19Sep95 Ferry flight Emmen - Cambridge UK, Pilot Martin Escher

24Oct95 Historic Flying Ltd, Audley End airfield, Essex UK (Mr Timothy Routsis)
04Nov97 Old Flying Machine Co, Duxford UK (Ray Hanna), serial  G-BWIU
Active aircraft
10Dec02 Owner HHA (Hawker Hunter Aviation), serial  G-HHAC
2003 Based at RAF Scampton UK
June 2012 serial  ZZ194 Active aircraft, defence simulation tasks
(Still on UK register as G-HHAC)
(Aircraft still has red/white underside, from its Patrouille Suisse days)
07Apr16: Flying hours 2834
December 2021 Stored at RAF Scampton, UK. Not airworthy. #

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE10
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697389
First flight at Dunsfold 19Feb59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 02Apr59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 21Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2545.43, landings:1175
Out of service #16Dec94, Emmen AFB
11Jul95, Ferry flight Emmen - Dübendorf

27Jul95, Ferry flight Dübendorf - Szolnok AFB Museum, Ungarn, Hungary
Pilot Tony Wirz
Google Earth coordinates: 47 7'51.35N,20 13'12.19E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE11
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697390 (possible fuselage substitution with J-4023, in 1994)
First flight at Dunsfold 21Feb59, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Delivered to Kloten 10Mar59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 04Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2860.11 landings:1567
Out of service #04May94

Fuselage possibly given to J-4030
Scrapped, Meiringen AFB

J-4023 was the most active of all the Swiss Hunters, with the highest logged hours and highest landings total

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE12
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697391
First flight at Dunsfold 18Feb59, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Delivered to Emmen 25Mar59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 16Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 309.08, landings:#

25Mar65
Emmen AFB: Destroyed by fire during static engine ground run.
Onboard mechanic injured.

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE13
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697394
First flight at Dunsfold 23Feb59, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Delivered to Emmen 23Mar59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 27Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2470.01, landings:1431
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

20Jul95 ferried Emmen - Fairford UK, Pilot Rudolf Wattinger
22Jul95 handed over to RAF Benevolent Fund, RAF Fairford UK
12Oct95 ferried Fairford - Bournemouth UK (Jet Heritage/Falcon Aviation)
serial  G-BWKC
Bournemouth Hurn Airport: RV Aviation Ltd, Royal Jordanian Air Force Historic Flight

Active aircraft
31Dec96: Flying hours 2482

29Sep99 to Jordan, serial  712/E)

2009
Grounded, in storage (Jordan)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no:XE14
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697392 (HABL003207?)#
First flight at Dunsfold 04Mar59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 03Apr59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 24Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2550.15, landings:1195
Out of service #28Nov94, Emmen AFB

30May95 ferried Emmen - Basel, Pilot Toni Locher

Owner: Werner von Arx, Riehen, Switzerland.
Aircraft is part of a private collection, in a hanger on the general aviation area of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

Link:
The Collection of Werner von Arx

Werner von Arx sadly passed away 20th September 2021, aged 98
Current status of his Collection is unknown (June 2022)#

July 1995 Pictures from Thomas P Hofer of J-4026, shortly before entering Werner von Arx's Private Collection at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE15
Forward Fuselage no: #
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697393
First flight at Dunsfold 04Mar59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 08Apr59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 29Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 1, 20 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2591.08, landings:1103
Out of service #16Dec94, Emmen AFB

15Nov95 ferried Emmen - Oslo - Bodo N, Pilot Ferdinand Meyer
Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum, Bodo

03Nov10 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
ACTIVE AIRCRAFT serial  N336AX
Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

23Mar16 Hawker Aviation International Inc
2022 Current with ATAC

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE16
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697395
First flight at Dunsfold 13Mar59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 14Apr59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 27Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2303.45, landings:1046

12Aug91
Birdstrike, emergency landing at Payerne AFB
Heavy damage. Wings re-used on J-4020, remainder scrapped at
Interlaken AFB

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE17
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697396
First flight at Dunsfold 04Mar59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 26Mar59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 21Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20, #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2474.02, landings:1438
Out of service #16Dec94, Emmen AFB

1995 Donated by Swiss Government to RCAF Memorial Museum. 12Jul95 ferried Emmen - Lyneham UK, Pilot Thomas Bucher
Disassembled, transported by CAF Hercules serial  130318, to Canada 12Sep95
31Aug12 Registered C-GTPQ, cancelled/deleted 29Aug13
Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum, Trenton, Ontario

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE18
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697397 (41H-697390? possible fuselage substitution with J-4023, in 1994)
First flight at Dunsfold 07Mar59, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Delivered to Emmen 08Apr59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 29Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2777.08, landings:1497
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

24May95 ferried Emmen - Eskilstuna, Sweden, Pilot Urs Graf
On display, Flygvapnet Museum, Linköping, Sweden

24May95 Registered as serial  SE-DXD
Flygwapenmuseum, Kjula, Sweden

28Nov02 Owned by Northern Lights Combat Air Support, Canada, serial  C-GJMQ
Canadian Registration cancelled 25Feb03, deleted 08Mar05

03Jun06 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
Based in Virginia & California, US serial  N324AX
03Apr18 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE19
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-694935(?)
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697398
First flight at Dunsfold 10Mar59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 17Apr59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 29Apr59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2592.17, landings:1279
Out of service #16Dec94, Emmen AFB

29Jun95 ferried Emmen - Duxford UK, Pilot Martin Escher
Modified at Exeter UK
OFMC, Duxford (Ray Hanna),
Active aircraft
2003 Based at RAF Scampton UK, owner HHA (Hawker Hunter Aviation)

10Jul06 Classic Aviation Ltd, serial  G-BWFR

13Mar08 De-registered, then to Canada

30Aug08 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
serial  N328AX
03Apr18 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Under ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA) registration

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE20
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697399
First flight at Dunsfold 12Mar59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Kloten 29Apr59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 20May59
Served with SAF Squadrons: #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Patrouille Suisse aircraft
Hours logged: 2693.32, landings:1228
Out of service #16Dec94, Emmen AFB

02Jun95 ferried Emmen - Buochs, Pilot Ferdinand Meyer
02Apr97 ferried Buochs - Raron (touch&go at Payerne),
Pilot Toni Wirz

Stored at BAMF Reserve, Raron

2004
Property of IG Aviatik Zentralschweiz, Littau
Current (Feb2022) location unknown #

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE21
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697400
First flight at Dunsfold 18Mar59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Kloten 22May59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 27May59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2, 11 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2410.08, landings:1362
Out of service #14Oct93, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped, Interlaken

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE22
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697401
First flight at Dunsfold 20Mar59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 21May59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 27May59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 21 #
Hours logged: 311.34, landings:#

27Nov63
Loss of orientation on IFR approach to Emmen AFB,
crashed at Littau, Kanton Luzern. Aircraft destroyed.
Pilot Oblt Rolf Lüscher (FlSt 21) ejected safely

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE23
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697402
First flight at Dunsfold 25Mar59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 24Apr59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 15May59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2528.30, landings:1571
Out of service #16Dec94, Payerne AFB

12Jul95 ferried Emmen - Southend UK. Pilot Urs Graf,
destined for the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California, USA

August 2007 Stored outside at Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Arizona

August 2008
Information from Roger Griffiths:
J-4035 is now on display at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona (on loan from Planes of Fame, Chino).
Google Earth coordinates: 32 8'26.92N,110 52'2.99W
(imagery as at April 2013)
November 2022: Now moved 80 yards to the west
She has been repainted, and greatly improved from her display condition at Grand Canyon National Park.
Registered with FAA as N159AM

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE24
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697403
First flight at Dunsfold 01Apr59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 06May59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 22May59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 1, #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2522.40, landings:1466

22Mar74 1000th aircraft overhauled

27June91
Collision with trees at Kaiserstuhl
(region Siglistorf-Niederweningen, Kanton Argau).
Emergency landing at Dübendorf, Pilot Oblt R Senn
Aircraft not repairable, scrapped at Dübendorf AFB

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE25
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697404
First flight at Dunsfold 17Apr59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 25May59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 02Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 4, #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
09May72 damaged during emergency landing at Dübendorf,
Pilot Wm Josef Fürer. Aircraft repaired
Hours logged: 2557.16, landings:1503
Out of service 29Jun94, Dübendorf AFB

Scrapped

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE26
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697405
First flight at Dunsfold 13Apr59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Kloten #29May59, Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 03Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20, #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2680.58, landings:1450
Out of service #07May92, Meiringen AFB

Scrapped at Interlaken
Cockpit section in storage at Stans, 1989#

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE27
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697406
First flight at Dunsfold 15Apr59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Dübendorf 28May59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 04Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 21, #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Special paint scheme:
'40 Jahre Fliegerstaffel 21' on top wing surface
Hours logged: 2698.26, landings:1353
Out of service 09Oct91, Meiringen

Aircraft scrapped, after trials at Meiringen:
deliberate gear retraction during landing roll, 09Oct91

Nosewheel door displayed on hanger wall at Meiringen

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE28
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-697407
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697405
Rear Fuselage no: 41H-670283 (ex-F4? - INFORMATION NEEDED!)
First flight at Dunsfold 23Apr59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 29May59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 03Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

Aircraft used for in-service testing, in addition to operational squadron duties

Hours logged: 2710.00, landings:1490
Out of service #26Nov93, St Stephan

Serialed as J-4015 of Fliegerstaffel 15, named PAPYRUS
Active aircraft Hunter Verein Obersimmental,
St Stephan, Kanton Bern, serial  HB-RVS
Google Earth coordinates: 46 30'8.71N,7 24'10.93E

August 2021
Reconditioned Avon engine reinstalled by engineer Marco Dintheer
October 2023 at Altenrhein

February 2024 Aircraft last flew in October 2023, and is now permanently grounded due to lack of funding.
In March 2024 she will be dismantled and taken by road to St Stephan, where she will be displayed in a new museum there. Her reconditioned engine will go to HHA in England, and an engine from the static display at St Stephan will be installed in its place.
Thanks to Max Imboden for information, and commiserations to Ueli Leutert, Ernst Flessati and the rest of the team, along with grateful thanks for the 22 years she was so well looked after by them

08May24 Papyrus is taken by road to St Stephan

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE29
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697408
First flight at Dunsfold 23Apr59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 02Jun59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 09Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15, #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2654.22, landings:1571
Out of service #16Dec94

Aircraft disassembled in SAF troop exercise

2000-2003 Stored in barn at Deponie Pentilesca AG (disposal company) at Studen, Bern

Private Collection (Herrn Samuel Heuer, Nidau, Kanton Bern)

Spring 2020
Aircraft on display at MMW Militärmuseum Wildegg, Switzerland

Link:
MMW Militärmuseum Wildegg
Google Earth coordinates: 47 24'44.41"N,8 9'36.91"E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE30
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697409
First flight at Dunsfold 21Apr59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 27May59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 05Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 4 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 1801.00, landings:340

23Aug82
Loss of engine power after take-off from Sion:
Crashed at Riddes, Kanton Valais. Aircraft destroyed.
Pilot Oblt Robert Kessler (FlSt 4) ejected, minor injuries.
Two fatalities on ground

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE31
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697410
First flight at Dunsfold 26Apr59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 02Jun59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 08Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2, 7 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2211.27, landings:1268

16Mar93
Fuel leak leading to engine flame-out:
Crashed near Aumont, Kanton Freiburg. Aircraft destroyed.
Pilot Adj Bruno Lehmann (FlSt 7) ejected safely
Some sources state that during a low-level bombing exercise out of Payerne AFB, the aircraft was hit by debris or shrapnel from the bomb it had dropped, which punctured the fuel tanks#

The last Hunter loss for the Swiss Air Force

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE32
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697411
First flight at Dunsfold 04May59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 10Jun59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 16Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Fin-mounted camera
Hours logged: 2623.03, landings:1438
Last flight 25Sep91
Out of service 25Nov91, Interlaken

Scrapped at Emmen

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE33
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697412
First flight at Dunsfold 07May59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 05Jun59, Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 16Jun59#
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2623.10, landings:1376
Out of service #06Oct94, Meiringen AFB
Last flight Meiringen-Payerne 31Aug95, pilot Heinz Rohrbach

Property of Flieger Schule 81
On display outside the barracks at Payerne AFB
Google Earth coordinates: 46 50'04.31N,6 56'02.71E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE34
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697413
First flight at Dunsfold 13May59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 30Jun59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 24Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 18,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 635.49, landings:#

20May69
During training flight from Payerne AFB: Crashed at Oeschinensee, Kandersteg, Kanton Bern, after loss of control.
Pilot Wm Rolf Etlin (UeG FlSt 18) †
(Ejection at insufficient altitude)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE35
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697414
First flight at Dunsfold 19May59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 19Jun59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 30Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

White 'aggressor' band painted around rear fuselage, summer 1980

Hours logged: 2699.25, landings:1307
Out of service 21Jul93, Interlaken

Scrapped

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE36
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697415
First flight at Dunsfold 14May59, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Delivered to Emmen 16Jun59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 24Jun59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

White 'aggressor' band painted around rear fuselage, summer 1980

Hours logged: 2385.37, landings:1353
Last flight 21Apr92
Out of service #03Apr92, Interlaken

Scrapped 28Apr92

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE37
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697416
First flight at Dunsfold 02Jun59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 02Jul59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 08Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

14Apr65 ejection seat accident, Dübendorf (seat accidentally tripped by mechanic during maintenance. DMP Mechanic F Kuck †)

September 1989 Took part in TIKAS
(Tiefflugkampagne Schweden, low-level training exercise) at Vidsel, Sweden

Oct90 acquired port wing from J-4135, Dübendorf

Hours logged: 2559.26, landings:1282
Out of service 11Feb94, Dübendorf

Scrapped 16Feb94, Meiringen

Nosewheel door displayed on hanger wall at Meiringen

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE38
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697417
First flight at Dunsfold 02Jun59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 25Jun59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 09Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

Aircraft used for in-service testing, in addition to operational squadron duties

Hours logged: 2554.43, landings:1332
Out of service 15Dec93, Interlaken
Used by K-Rep at Interlaken for battle-damage repair training

Scrapped 18Feb94 (Dismantled for spares/stored at Interlaken?) #

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE39
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697418
First flight at Dunsfold 09Jun59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 08Jul59 Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 16Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 1, 11 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Fatigue meter
Hours logged: 1871.00, landings:368

20Oct82
Crashed between Grandcour and Chevroux (Kanton Vaud).
Crossed line of fire of J-4124 (flown by Wm Christoph Lutz) during firing at the Forel range near Neuenburgersee (Lac de Neuchâtel).
Aileron linkage damaged, causing uncontrollable spin.
Pilot Lt Jürg Kobert (FlSt 1) ejected injured into Neuenburgersee.
Pilot returned to service, and later made a flight in J-4124

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE40
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697419
First flight at Dunsfold 10Jun59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 09Jul59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 16Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2553.23, landings:1386
Out of service 16Dec93, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped 03Feb94

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE41
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697420
First flight at Dunsfold 10Jun59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Kloten 14Jul59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 23Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 11, 15#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 2704.56, landings:1392
Out of service 17Dec93, Meiringen

12May73 Special 'Tiger-look' paintwork, Fliegerstaffell 11
(2 flights in this colour scheme, from Meiringen)

Scrapped 18Apr94

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE42
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697421
First flight at Dunsfold 09Jun59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Kloten 17Jul59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 28Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Fatigue meter

White 'aggressor' band painted around rear fuselage, summer 1982

Hours logged: 2531.57, landings:1204
Out of service 05Dec91, Interlaken AFB

Scrapped 15Jan92

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE43
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697422
First flight at Dunsfold 12Jun59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Kloten 14Jul59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 29Jul59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 10, 11, 19(?) #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

White 'aggressor' band painted around rear fuselage, summer 1980

Hours logged: 2187.13, landings: 472

08Mar84
Mid-air collision with J-4016 during combat training out of Dübendorf AFB: Crashed at the Tutensee Nature Reserve, Menznau, Kanton Luzern. Aircraft sank into marshy ground to depth of 12-14m, and was not recovered.
Pilot Oblt Bruno Oberholzer (UeG FlSt 10) ejected safely

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE44
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697423
First flight at Dunsfold 17Jun59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 07Aug59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron #28Aug59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 19 #
09Feb70 Gear-up landing at Dübendorf. Aircraft repaired
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Fatigue meter
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards
(Test aircraft for Maverick AGM-65B)

Hours logged: 1918.50, landings:603

23Apr86
Training flight from Emmen AFB: Collision with terrain in low visibility, Tschamut, Kanton Graubünden
Pilot Lt Jürg Thomas Bischof (GRD FlSt 19) †

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE45
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697424
First flight at Dunsfold 19Jun59, Pilot: Hugh Merewether
Delivered to Emmen 07Aug59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 17Aug59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5,#
09Apr62 collision with tower crane at Dübendorf; aircraft repaired
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2282.58, landings:1370
Out of service 01Dec94

Aug96 dismantled at Emmen AFB; transported by road to Arona, Italy
2008 at Museo dell'Aviazione, San Marino

2006 Planned move to UeG-Museum, Dübendorf?
Aircraft seen at Ebikon, near Emmen, Switzerland, in 2011

2021 Property of IG Aviatik Zentralschweiz
In storage, location unknown #

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE46
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-698741(?)
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697425
First flight at Dunsfold 25Jun59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 14Aug59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 31Aug59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2, 15 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2628.21, landings:1719
Out of service 24Nov94, Meiringen AFB

28Jun95 ferried Meiringen-Southend UK, pilot Urs Graf,
for Mr R J Everett, Ipswich, UK

14Jul95 at Exeter

24Jul95 OFMC Duxford, Ray & Mark Hanna, serial  G-BWFS
Active aircraft

10Dec02 Owner HHA (Hawker Hunter Aviation), serial  G-HHAD
2003 Based at RAF Scampton UK

08Nov06 Owned & maintained by HHA, operated under COMA (Civil Owned Military Aircraft) regulations with serial  ZZ191 (from 08Nov06) on defence simulation tasks, and flown by FR Aviation pilots. HHA can operate for the Ministry of Defence on the UK military register under the AvP67 guidelines.

December 2010
Based at RNAS Yeovilton UK. Contract with FR Aviation has expired#
07Apr16: Flying hours 2662

2018 Under contract to FR Aviation

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE47
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697426
First flight at Dunsfold 25Jun59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 17Aug59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 26Aug59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 7, 15, 20,#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2744.21, landings:1378
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

12Sep95 ferried Emmen-Geneva, pilot Urs Graf

Aircraft offered to South African Air Force Museum (offer declined)

26Feb96 power control failure after take-off at Geneva, runway excursion after landing
29Feb96 ferried Geneva-Lansera, Republic of South Africa; pilots Stefan Weber, Ted O'Connel

Certified Swaziland CAA, serial  3D-HUN
Certified SA CAA, serial  ZU-AVC
Collection Ron Wheeldon, Johannesburg, RSA
ACTIVE AIRCRAFT

2021 In storage at Cape Town, apparently for sale:#

J-4059 in South Africa (Ron Wheeldon)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE48
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697427
First flight at Dunsfold 10Jul59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 24Aug59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 31Aug59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 21 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Aircraft used for in-service testing, in addition to operational squadron duties

Hours logged: 2742.19, landings:1568
Out of service 13Dec94, Emmen AFB

12Jul95 ferried Emmen-Southend UK, pilot Peter Hauser
27Oct95 ferried Southend-Bournemouth UK
Originally reserved for Mr Raymond Dieckman, Worldwide Jet Aircraft Museum, Corona del Mar, California, USA
1996 Bill Russell, Kay Eckardt. Mojave, USA, serial  N58WJ

18Aug02 Aborted takeoff, runway excursion

06Aug03 Canadian Registration C-GZIC
2004 Now owned by Northern Lights Combat Air Support, Canada
16Sep06 ferried to France via Exeter, England, with J-4097/C-GZIB

2007 Northern Lights is also Lortie Aviation Inc
Operated for French Navy by Apache Aviation, Istres AB, France

25Apr07 Runway excursion at Hyeres, after fuel valve malfunction following incorrect fitting. Heavy damage.
Canadian Registration cancelled 18Aug08

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE49
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-698746
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697428
First flight at Dunsfold 03Jul59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 02Sep59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 09Sep59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

White 'aggressor' band painted around rear fuselage, summer 1981

Hours logged: 2803.47, landings:1708
Out of service 02Dec94, Emmen AFB, engine hours: 187
03May95 ferried Emmen-Altenrhein, pilot Ruedi Erni
Modified & prepared at Altenrhein, for ferry to USA
11Sep95 ferried Altenrhein-Basel-Southend UK, tailstrike on landing; repaired by Jet Heritage, Bournemouth UK
13-15Apr96 ferried to USA, pilot Brian Grant
Mid Atlantic Air Museum, Carl A Spaatz Airfield, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Certificate of Airworthiness issued 04Jun98

02Apr03 Owned by Bob Guilford of Santa Monica,
based at Van Nuys Airport, California, serial  N58MX

Thanks to Bob Guilford for aircraft data, April 2004

Bob Guilford's Hunter J-4061

Sunday 16th July, 2006 Bob Guilford died today when 4061 crashed shortly after take-off from Hillsboro, Oregon. He was leaving after the Oregon International Airshow, en route to Van Nuys, California

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE50
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697429
First flight at Dunsfold 07Jul59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 31Aug59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 10Sep59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Fatigue meter
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2800.53, landings:1451
Out of service 16Dec94, Meiringen AFB

08May95 ferried Meiringen-Altenrhein, pilot Rudolf Wattinger
H Haberling, Fliegermuseum Altenrhein
Internationales Luftfahrtmuseum, Schwenningen, Germany

2006 Dismantled at Altenrhein, for spares
2008 Centre & forward fuselage only on display

10Jan19 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
Serial N344AX

21Oct19 Runway excursion at Newport News/Williamsburg
(Landing gear issue, leading to main gear collapse)

This aircraft was in pieces at Altenrhein, so presumably has been assembled from various parts. Information required!

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE51
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697430
First flight at Dunsfold 16Jul59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 04Sep59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 02Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2, 20, 21#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2831.17, landings:1776
Out of service 09Dec94 Meiringen AFB

21Apr95 ferried Meiringen-Payerne, pilot Bernard Jaggi
Fondation Sion

2006 Armée de l'Air (?) Privately-owned (?)

2012 Musée Aéronautique d'Orange, France
(Des Amis de la 5ème Escadre de Chasse)
Google Earth coordinates: 44 7'29.95N,4 50'18.00E

Links:
Musée Aéronautique d'Orange
The Museum's Hunter page

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE52
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697431
First flight at Dunsfold 11Aug59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 04Sep59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 15Sep59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 18#
Last Hunter to be overhauled by FFA
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

1984/5 Partly repainted in non-standard camouflage
(see Urs Harnisch picture)

Hours logged: 2756.28, landings:1518
Last Hunter to be overhauled at Flugzeugfabrik Altenrhein, Dec93
Out of service 16Dec94, Payerne

10Mar95 ferried Payerne-Altenrhein, pilot Urs Graf
Active aircraft
Fliegermuseum Altenrhein, serial  HB-RVQ

Nov 18th 2020 HB-RVQ deleted from Swiss register

April 16th 2021
Crated and shipped to Lortie Aviation, Quebec, Canada
Registered to Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
serial  N349AX
To be flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE53
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no:41H-697432
First flight at Dunsfold 13Aug59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 10Sep59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 18Sep59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15, 21#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2804.03, landings:1610
Port wing replaced (with wing from unknown F58A), early 90s
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen Afb

25Aug95 ferried Emmen-Toulouse, Pilot Fredo Frutschi
Ailes Ancienne, Toulouse, France
Google Earth coordinates: 43 36'46.29N,1 22'25.49E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE54
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-28364(?)
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697433
First flight at Dunsfold 22Aug59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 25Sep59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 07Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons:#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2846.52, landings:1635
Out of service 06Dec94, Emmen AFB

13Jul95 ferried Emmen-Caen,pilot Bernard Jaggi
Displayed at Association Aviatec, Creully, France (M Langeard)
10Jan98 ferried Caen-Kemble UK, pilot Mark Hanna
OFMC, Duxford UK, serial 
G-BXNZ (from 07Nov07)
98-99 Refurbished at Delta Jets
June 1999 to RAF Scampton, for HHA
2003 Based at RAF Scampton UK, owner HHA (Hawker Hunter Aviation), serial  G-HHAE (Registered 10Dec02)

2006 Owned & maintained by HHA, operated under COMA (Civil Owned Military Aircraft) regulations with serial  ZZ190 (from 02Jan07) on defence simulation tasks, and flown by FR Aviation pilots. HHA can operate for the Ministry of Defence on the UK military register under the AvP67 guidelines.
31Dec05: Flying hours 2489

December 2010
Based at RNAS Yeovilton UK. Contract with FR Aviation has expired#

ZZ190 reported still in service 2021

21Sep22 Aircraft left RAF Scampton for its new home at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE55
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697434
First flight at Dunsfold 21Aug59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 08Oct59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 16Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 6 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2442.58, landings:1114
Out of service 16Dec94, Payerne AFB

13Jul95
ferried Payerne-Valence Chabeuil-Montélimar,
pilot Fredo Frütschi

On display at Musée Européen de l'Aviation de Chasse,
Montélimar, France
Google Earth coordinates: 44 34'54.01N,4 44'7.88E

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE56
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697435
First flight at Dunsfold 20Aug59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 16Oct59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 10Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 2, 12, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
TALOS Night vision (luminescent strips, night flight equipment)
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2664.39, landings:1456
Out of service 24Nov94, Interlaken AFB

12Dec95 ferried Interlaken-Aviano, pilot R von Gunten
(Owner Giovanni Follador, in recognition of his friendship to the Swiss Ambassador)
At this time SAF were donating remaining Hunters to museums and individuals, to avoid the costs of scrapping them

Aircraft stored outside at Aviano Air Base, Northern Italy

Post-1998
Moved to nearby Pordenone as 'gate guardian' at local fair

2003-2004
Aircraft partially disassembled and moved to
Museo Storico Aeronautico, Via Pontebbana 50,
Vigna de Valle, Fiume Veneto, Italy

2009 Aircraft stored outside at Fiume Veneto
2011 On show at Zoppola
2014 Disassembled aircraft back at Fiume Veneto, mostly indoors

Link:
Museo Storico Aeronautico (Italian site)

Google Earth coordinates: 45 56'44.63N,12 42'57.30E

J-4068 at Fiume Veneto, 2005 Detail pictures from Nicola Tresin, Monselice, Italy

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE57
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697436
First flight at Dunsfold 25Aug59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 18Sep59,
Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 08Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964

Displayed at EXPO Lausanne, 1964
Hours logged: 855.53, landings:#

12Apr72
Lost a wing in mid-air collision with Venom FB4 J-1751 during exercise out of Meiringen AFB: Crashed at Hasli, Wimmis (near Spiez), Kanton Bern.
Pilot Oblt Beat Senn (FlSt 5) ejected with difficulty, minor injuries.
Venom pilot fatally injured (Adj Uof Ruggero Bassi, FlSt 3)

The restored front fuselage section of a Venom FB4 is on display at the Flieger-Flab Museum, Dübendorf, and is often quoted as J-1751, which appears unlikely as J-1751 was largely destroyed in the collision#
(Information needed)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE58
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697437
First flight at Dunsfold 03Sep59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 02Oct59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 16Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 4, 5#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2654.01, landings:1377
Out of service 28Nov94, Meiringen AFB

23Mar95 ferried Meiringen-Emmen, pilot Rudolf Erni
BAMF Emmen

On display at Emmen AFB
Google Earth coordinates: 47 05'32.16N,8 17'57.38E

J-4070 detail pictures (Marcel Walter)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE59
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697438
First flight at Dunsfold 28Aug59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 30Sep59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 07Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 8 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 307.23, landings:#

21Oct65
Crashed during training flight near Hegnau, Kanton Zürich, immediately after take-off from Dübendorf (canopy & instruments misted)
Pilot Oblt Eugen Amman (FlSt 8 DMP)†

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE60
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697439
First flight at Dunsfold 04Sep59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 02Oct59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 19Oct59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards
Fin-mounted ILS antenna, 1995

Hours logged: 2694.17, landings: 1768
Out of service 03Nov94, Meiringen AFB

17Jul95 ferried Meiringen-Dübendorf
18Jul95 ferried Dübendorf-Zweibrücken, pilot Martin Escher
By road Zweibrücken-Sinsheim
Auto + Technik Museum, Speyer, Germany
OFMC, Duxford UK

13Jan03 Based at RAF Scampton UK, owner HHA (Hawker Hunter Aviation), serial  G-HHAB
Re-engined by HHA
07Sep09 De-registered, then to Canada
04Nov09 Hunter Aviation International Inc,
Newark, Delaware, USA. serial  N331AX

13Aug18 TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

14Apr21 Runway excursion at Yuma MCAS. No injuries, damage unknown

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE61
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697440
First flight at Dunsfold 17Sep59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 21Oct59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 06Nov59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2548.57, landings: 1438
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

16Jun95 ferried Emmen-Soesterberg, pilot Ferdinand Meier
Klu Luftfahrtmuseum, Soesterberg, Netherlands

serial  G-RUUD registered 01Aug02
2004 Aeromech International Resources Ltd, Windsor, England.

2004 Aircraft maintained & operated in Sweden by Västgota Veteranflygförening (VVF). Active aircraft, serial  SE-DXI,
Registered 16Dec03

16Nov07 Canadian Registration C-FRHU, cancelled same date
24Jan08  At Nîmes-Garon, France
28Feb08  Exported to Canada (Lortie Aviation Inc)
Re-registered 28Feb08, cancelled 28May08, re-registered 03Oct08
2011 operated for French Navy by Apache Aviation, Istres AB, France

25Apr17 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
Serial N341AX
08Feb18 Certificate of airworthiness issued.

13Apr18 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

Flights logged from Key West, Florida (EYW) and Newport News, Williamsburg (PHF) during August 2019

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE62
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697441
First flight at Dunsfold 24Sep59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 24Oct59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 11Nov59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 7 #
09Apr62: Light collision with crane while on approach to Dübendorf.
Aircraft landed safely.
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2029.17, landings: 619

11Jan85
Collision with terrain after loss of orientation during go-round in IMC, after GCA to Emmen
Pilot Fw Willi Haudenschild (FlSt 7) †

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE63
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697442
First flight at Dunsfold 01Oct59, Pilot: Frank Bullen
Delivered to Emmen 30Oct59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 10Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 3, 5, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards
First live-firing of Maverick AGM-65B, Oberaar Glacier,
12Feb86. Jean Brunner, Test Pilot GRD

Hours logged: 2051.28, landings:1550
Out of service 25Nov94, Interlaken AFB

16Jun95 ferried Emmen-Bournemouth UK, pilot Thomas Bucher
12Oct95 Royal Jordanian AF Historic Flight, Hurn Airport UK
RV Aviation Ltd. Hurn, operating for RJAF. UK serial  G-BWKA

27May97 ferried to Marka Air Base, Jordan
23Jun97 registered to Royal Jordanian Air Force serial  843
Active aircraft

2006 Based in Jordan (Royal Jordanian Historic Flight)

2007
Grounded, in storage (Jordan)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE64
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-698769 (41H-700384?)
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697443
First flight at Dunsfold 12Oct59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 12Nov59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 23Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 1, 4, 15#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2851.48, landings:1551
Out of service 16Dec94, Interlaken AFB

12Jul95 Ferried Emmen-North Weald UK,
pilot Oberstleutnant Ferdinand Meyer

23Aug95 Neil Broady, Aeromech International Resources Ltd, North Weald. serial  G-HONE. Deregistered 21Sep95

17Jun96 Västgöta Veteranflygförening, Trollhättan, Sweden
serial  SE-DXF. Deregistered 07Nov95
(F-BLUE given as possible alternative serial?)#

20Sep02
Northern Lights Combat Air Support, Canada, serial  C-GIVT
Canadian Registration cancelled & deleted 08Mar05

2006 Based in Hawaii, US serial  N321AX

2008 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA

23Mar16
Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustees, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

13Apr18 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

Link:
ATAC Airborne Tactical Advantage Company

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE65
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697444
First flight at Dunsfold 13Oct59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 12Nov59 Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 21Apr15Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 1, 15 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2701.30, landings:1455
Out of service 25Nov94, Meiringen AFB

04Oct95 ferried Emmen-Weelde, pilot Stefan Brunner
Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Brussels, Belgium

Initially stored at Belgian Air Force Reserve Base, Weelde, due to lack of display space at the Museum

Moved to storage at Beauvechain AFB, Belgium

Shown on static display at various functions at Beauvechain, between 2007 and 2010.
The aircraft is firmly grounded, but rumoured to be flyable.
(Thanks to Willy Henderickx and Philippe Cantinaux for information and picture)

July 2017
In storage for Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire (Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History) at Landen, Belgium
Thanks to Marcel Peeren and Charlie Delaroyere

Update, February 2021
Transported from Landen to Beauvechain December 22, 2019. Aircraft was assembled by Museum volunteers assisted by specialists from Beauvechain during July and August 2020.
Stored (rarely on display) at 1 Wing Historical Centre,
Beauvechain Air Base
Aircraft is the property of Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Brussels

January 2022
Aircraft now on permanent display at 1 Wing Historical Centre, Beauvechain, Belgium
Thanks to Christian Bawin for information,
and for maintenance/damage repair to J-4077
Link: 1 Wing Historical Centre

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE66
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697445
First flight at Dunsfold 15Oct59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 12Nov59 Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 19Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 1, 5, 15#
Thanks to Vicente Molina for information, 2022

11Oct61: Hit by gunfire from another Hunter during training.
Aircraft landed safely at Emmen.
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2609.54, landings:1565
Out of service 16Dec94, Payerne AFB

Aircraft offered to Militaire Luchtvaart Museum (Military Aviation Museum), Kamp van Zeist, Netherlands (offer declined)

02Oct95 handed over to Musée de l'Esc Av 5, Arnex-sur-Orbe, Canton Vaud (transported overland)
17Nov95 Rebuilt aircraft displayed at Arnex-sur-Orbe

2002 Transported to Payerne
On display at Musée de l'Aviation Militaire de Payerne "Clin d'ailes"
Google Earth coordinates: 46 50'46.16N,6 54'57.26E
(Information from Eric Sommer)

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE67
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697446
First flight at Dunsfold 05Nov59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Emmen 11Dec59 Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 07Jan60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 21 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1981
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1981

Hours logged: 1473.00, landings:97

10Jul81
Collision with trees and terrain at Faido, Ticino, during approach
to Ambri
Pilot Oblt Jürg Schoberth (FlSt 21) †

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE68
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697447
First flight at Dunsfold 07Nov59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Dübendorf 03Dec59 Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 16Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 15#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2483.22, landings:1398
Out of service 16Dec94, Payerne AFB

24May95 ferried Peyerne-Ambri, pilot Tony Wirz
Amici dell' Hunter, Ambri, Ticino, Switzerland, serial  HB-RVT

26Aug03 Canadian Registration C-GZKP
Aug/Sep03 Ferried Ambri - Quebec (Northern Lights Combat Air Support, Canada)

Ferried to Canada by Northern Lights Pilots André Lortie...
27Aug03 Ambri - Sion
29Aug Sion - Kemble UK
31Aug Kemble - Inverness uk
...and Steve Legassick:
03Sep03 Inverness - Keflavik, Iceland. Keflavik - Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland
04Sep Sondre Stromfjord - Iqaluit, Canada. Iqaluit - Kuujjaaq
05Sep Kuujjaaq - Québec
Canadian Registration cancelled & deleted 11Apr06

03Jun06 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA

15Sep07 Lortie Aviation Inc (formerly Northern Lights)
Based in Virginia, US serial  N326AX

22Mar08 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

10Apr18 TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

29Jun21 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE69
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697448
First flight at Dunsfold 10Nov59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Dübendorf 03Dec59 Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 21Dec59
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2581.27, landings:1544
Out of service 16Dec94, Interlaken AFB

16Jun95 ferried Emmen-Bournemouth UK, pilot Stefan Brunner
Jet Heritage/RV Aviation Ltd. Hurn UK, for Royal Jordanian AF Historic Flight, refurbishment not completed.
Serial G-BWKB (from 12Oct95)

25Feb98 OFMC, Duxford UK

15Mar99 to RAF Scampton UK, owner HHA (Hawker Hunter Aviation)
Serial G-HHAF Registered 13Jan03
Link: HHA Hawker Hunter Aviation Ltd

19Apr08 Brake malfunction and overrun at Atsugi, Japan

July 2009 to Quebec, Canada
07Sep09 De-registered
04Nov09 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
serial  N332AX (ATAC)
Total hours at last inspection (05Sep14): 3690.90
Operated by ATAC: Airborne Tactical Advantage Company

29Oct14 Crashed on approach to NAS Point Mugu, after overhead break manoeuvre. Seat ejected upon impact.
ATAC pilot Charles M Rogers fatally injured.
NTSB Accident Report: N332AX
Thanks to Alan Johnson and David Potter for information

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE70
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697449
First flight at Dunsfold 11Nov59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 13Dec59 Pilot: Hans Häfliger
Delivered to squadron 07Jan60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 15 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
TALOS Night vision (luminescent strips, night flight equipment)
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2684.01, landings:1453
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

02Jun95 ferried Emmen-Buochs, pilot Thomas Bucher
02Apr97 ferried Buochs-Raron (touch&go at Emmen), pilot Toni Locher

1997 In storage at BAMF Raron

Ferried from Switzerland in 2003 by Avancerad Flygträning AFT
2005 Owner Øjvind Ellingsen (Norway)
2006 Based at Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Aircraft maintained & operated in Sweden by Västgota Veteranflygförening (VVF).
Active aircraft, serial  SE-DXM

Registered to Björn Löwgren, stationed at Eskilstuna
Björn Löwgren passed away in September 2011
(The M in the serial  SE-DXM was apparently for his son Martin)

20Aug11 Såtenäs Airport (ESIB) F7, Sweden: Late aborted takeoff to avoid flock of birds. Ran off end of runway, some bird ingestion, minor damage

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE71
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697450
First flight at Dunsfold 11Nov59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Dübendorf 21Dec59 Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 14Jan60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 18, 21#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2545.16, landings:1423
Out of service 01Sep94, Interlaken AFB

16Jun95 ferried Emmen-Bournemouth UK, pilot Rudolf Wattinger
Jet Heritage Ltd, Hurn Airport, Bournemouth UK
serial  G-EGHH (from 04Jul95)

16Feb99 G R Lacey, Bournemouth

02Jul04 J H Goodwin, DH Aviation

13Jan06 Heritage Aviation Developments Ltd, Milton Keynes, UK,

March 2012 RAF St. Athan, Barry, Wales (Jet Heritage) (for spares)
(formerly Hunter Flying Ltd)

05Aug14 Civil Registration G-EGHH cancelled
Aircraft grounded

2017 Sold to Lortie Aviation, Quebec, Canada, in dismantled state, as part of the sale of J-4104

23May18 Property of TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
26Feb19 Certificate of airworthiness issued.
Active aircraft, serial  N343AX
Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

09May19 Landing accident after u/c malfunction,
at Newport News/Williamsburg (PHF). Pilot uninjured
Aircraft deregistered September 2019

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE72
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697451
First flight at Dunsfold 17Nov59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Payerne 19Feb60 Pilot: #
Delivered to squadron 15Mar60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 11#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hours logged: 1237.12, landings:#

29Apr76
Hydraulic/fuel system fire during training flight from
Dübendorf AFB, aircraft abandoned:
Crashed Fanellagletscher, Kanton Graubünden.
Pilot Lt Peter Spenger (UeG FlSt 11) ejected safely

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE73
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697452
First flight at Dunsfold 18Nov59, Pilot: Duncan Simpson
Delivered to Buochs 16Dec59, Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 07Jan60
Served with SAF Squadrons: #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2701.10, landings:1472
Out of service 08Dec94, Meiringen AFB

14Jun95 ferried Payerne-Geneva,
pilot Jean-Luc Schorer
20Oct96 Stored at Aéroport de Genève-Cointrin
2006 On display at Aéroport de Genève-Cointrin

March 2013 Removed (with the Mirage) from display at Cointrin,
due to lack of space.

May-June 2013 J-4085 dismantled, crated and transported to Canada.
Thanks to David Guignard for information & picture

14Apr15 Registered to Lorte Aviation Inc, Canada,
as C-FKGO. Registration cancelled 22Apr15.
24Apr15 Hunter Aviation Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
serial  N338AX
Thanks to David Potter for latest information, May 2015

22Aug17 Crashed into sea off Point Loma, California
Pilot ejected, minor injuries
Total hours logged at time of accident: 3283.60
NTSB Accident Report states that N338AX passsed through the jet wash of an accompanying Lockheed Martin F-35A, and lost control. It was one of a pair of Hunters supporting an exercise with USS Theodore Roosevelt and two F-35As
Thanks to Alan Johnson for information

April 2019 Registration cancelled

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE74
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697453
First flight at Dunsfold 24Nov59, Pilot: Bill Bedford
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 07Jan60, Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 27Jan60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
(Aircraft used in Sidewinder missile testing, early 70s)
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2683.51, landings:1643
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

Ferried Emmen-Basel (fuel leakage from rear tanks)
(Moritz Suter, Crossair Hunter Club, Basel, 1996)
11Nov98 Registered as HB-RVU
2000 Owner Stefan Weber
May 2002: In storage at St Stephan for two-year maintenance programme, then to join Fliegermuseum Altenrhein
06Sep04 Privately owned, Air Vampires SA, Sion
April 2006 Painted in Patrouille Suisse colours

October 2016 At Fliegermuseum Altenrhein

18Nov20 Deleted from Swiss register
Sold by Air Vampires SA to Lortie Aviation, Quebec, Canada
16Apr21 Shipped to Canada
Registered to ATAC, Newport News, USA
serial  N348AX

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE75
Forward Fuselage no: 41H-699850 (41H-698283?)
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-698454
First flight at Dunsfold 08Dec59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen, via Dübendorf 14Jan60, Pilot: Jean Brunner
Delivered to squadron 27Jan60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 20#
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2524.51, landings:1425
Out of service 16Dec94, Emmen AFB

12Jul95 ferried Emmen-North Weald UK, pilot Rudolf Erni
West London Aero Club, White Waltham UK
23Aug95 N Brodie/Aeromech International Resources Ltd, North Weald UK
serial  G-HTWO

17Jun96 Västgöta Veteranflygförening, Trollhättan, Sweden
serial  SE-DXE

Canadian Registration C-GIVX 27Sep02
Owned by Northern Lights Combat Air Support, Canada
Canadian Registration cancelled 19Dec02, re-registered 30Jul03, cancelled & deleted 03Mar05

2006  Northern Lights CAS, based in Hawaii, US serial  N322AX

2008  Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA)

23Mar16
Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustees, Salt Lake City, Utah

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE76
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697455
First flight at Dunsfold 09Dec59, Pilot: Don Lucey
Delivered to Emmen 22Jan60, Pilot: Hans-Ulrich Weber
Delivered to squadron 03Feb60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 21 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards
Last Hunter to be modernised under the Hunter 80 Programm

Hours logged: 1932.43, landings:426

17Oct84
Mid-air collision with J-4113 during ground attack at Bonaduz, Rhäzüns, Kanton Graubünden.
Pilot Asp. Fw Hanspeter Stricker (FlSt 21) †
Two people on ground, minor injuries

Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE77
Forward Fuselage no:#
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697456
First flight at Dunsfold 08Dec59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Emmen 14Jan60, Pilot: Manfred Brennwald
Delivered to squadron 04Feb60
Served with SAF Squadrons: 5, 15 #
SAF MODIFICATIONS
AIM-9 Sidewinder (SIWA) 1964
Hunter 80 Programm:
(Sidewinder capability removed)
Chaff/flare dispensers
Radar warning avionics
BL755 ("TABO") cluster bombs, 1980 onwards
Maverick AGM-65B optically-guided missile system, 1982 onwards

Hours logged: 2716.25, landings:1327
Out of service 16Nov94, Buochs AFB

23Feb95# Danish civil registration OY-SKB (not taken up)
J-4089 was the first of the Swiss Hunters to fly with a civil registration
27Feb95 Reserved by Scandinavian Historic Flight, Solna, Sweden

05May95 ferried Buochs-Såtenäs, via Stans-Stuttgart-Fulda-Rostock. Pilot Urs Graf
15Jun95 Scandinavian Historic Flight, Solna, Sweden
Swedish serial  SE-DXA (34066/9/G)

#June99 Scandinavian Historic Flight Museum, Oslo, Norway#
26May06 Registered in Norway, in Swedish colours, Norwegian serial  LN-HNT. serial  LN-HUN applied to aircaft by mistake

26May06 Scandinavian Historic Flight, based at Halmstad, Sweden.

14Dec11 LN-HNT registration cancelled

07Feb12 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
serial  N337AX
Flown by ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company,
Newport News, Virginia, USA)

29Aug12 Registration cancelled, exported to Canada
31Aug12 Lortie Aviation Inc, Quebec. serial  C-GTPX
29Aug13 Registration cancelled

30Aug13 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA
Re-registered as N337AX

10Apr18 TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee,
North Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

28Jun21 Hunter Aviation International Inc, Newark, Delaware, USA

20Jun22 Crashed into sea 40 miles off Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, after engine failure during COMPTUEX air combat exercise with Hunter N344AX and two IAI Kfirs. ATAC pilot ejected, and rescued with serious back injury by US Coastguard helicopter