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Old 10th Oct 2020, 12:55
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kenparry
 
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The Hunters in Germany prior to the Sandys white paper were all Air Defence, no ground attack role as far as I know. As air defenders they (and the Javelins) were replaced by the 2 Lightning sqns, 19 & 92, which moved from Leconfield to Gutersloh. No Hunter FGA9s were based in Germany, but 1 (& probably 54) Sqn from West Raynham did exercise the role there - it was one of the war plan options.

The final Hunters in RAF Germany were FR10s, 2 & 4 Sqns, at Gutersloh, from about 1960 to about 1970, then replaced by Harrier sqns.
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