Originally Posted by
kenparry
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.
This document covers the RAF in Germany in quite some depth, only mention I've seen in it about Hunters is in the Day Fighter role (mostly axed in post 1957 and what was left then replaced by the Javelin) plus the fighter recce role which were replaced by the Harrier. There was no real role for the GA Hunters between 1957 and 1968 due to the NATO Tripwire "can of instant sunshine chuck fest" war plan of that period.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documen...in-Germany.pdf