Brawdy and their Hunters
I'm gathering stuff together for my Hunter book and I'm looking at the coverage of 1TWU at Brawdy at present, so if anyone out there has any stories or pictures from the happy hays of Hunter ops, I'd love to hear from you.
I've been investigating the Hunters which received bizarre paint schemes at Brawdy, one receiving red trim, another yellow, and yet another in dayglow orange. The much-quoted story is that they were used as "bounce" aircraft by TWU instructors. However, it seems that this may not have been the case, as dissimilar aircraft were normally used (ie- a Hawk to bounce Hunters and vice versa). So if this is the case, what on earth were the fancy colour schemes applied for? Anyone recall anything?