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Kieron Kirk
 
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Splendid photographs, must have been quite a display.

Interesting to see Hunter F.(GA).9s flying "clean" with empty wing pylons.
I am not able to help with pilots names, but the a/c are a different matter.

XJ673/XX crashed into the sea off Clark Field, Philippines on 2nd April 1969 following hydraulic and engine failure. The pilot, Flt.Lt. K R Barley ejected safely.

XE582/J was delivered to the Chilean AF as J-745 in April 1982.

XJ686/B also to the Chilean AF as J-746 in April 1982.

XG265/K crashed Labuan, Borneo on 1st March 1964 following rear fuselage fire, the pilot, Flt. Lt. R A F Shields ejected but was killed.

XK142/P purchased by HSA as G-9-359, became a Singapore AF F.(GA).74.B 522 in 1972. Crashed 5 miles east of Lundy Is. in the Bristol Channel on 17th November 1972, pilot ejected safely.

XE610/C crashed on 26th June 1969 after engine failure, in the South China Sea, 40 miles south of Kuantan, Malaysia. No pilots' name.

Thanks to David Griffin and his excellent book "Hawker Hunter 1951-2008".

Ciarain.

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