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MAINJAFAD
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
Much appreciated Mainjafad, one more qickly, can you recall what TDS stood for in relation to the Strike Squadrons, at Bruggen and Laarbruch?
FB