Whichever way you look at it though, the takeoff seems to have been harder work than you might have thought necessary.
You say you have no agenda.
The AAIB comment on the take-off but have no issues with it.
North Weald jet operators say a downwind take-off is not unusual.
An experienced Hunter pilot (sika humulta) says that the take-off was normal for a Hunter.
Which bit of the above is "harder work" exactly?