A number of Hunter two seaters were conversions from single seaters, but a fair number were built new.
The RAF had 45 new builds, the Fleet Air Arm received 10.
Four F.4s were converted into T.7s, and about 25 into T.8s at a later date.
XF357 took on the 'XJ615' paint scheme when it was re-finished in 1999. During its overhaul at Bournemouth it was paint-stripped, and the new owners wanted something different.
One early idea was to re-unite XF357 with its Royal Navy colours of the 1970s, but it obviously didn't proceed.
One thing to say to that...
