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Old 4th Apr 2004, 08:52
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A40 Hunter

Hawker Hunter on the roof of Vanguard Storage, north side of the A40, just east of Greenford.

It's got the serial WT555 as far as I could make out from a quick glimpse as I passed it yesterday.

If genuine, that makes it the 1st production Mk1. Seems like a fairly important aircraft to have sitting on a roof.

Looks to be in good external condition, though.

Who owns it? It's come & gone from this location a few times.

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Serial looks correct, as does the location (which is also the owner).

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There was a chopper on the roof last time I went past a few years ago on the tube and the Hunter was in the rear storage yard.....

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It is genuine and the orig prod a/c. Because of this at one stage I tried to get a Museum to buy it but it was snapped up by the current owners before the admin wheels could grind.
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I think it's great that it has survived, and all the other Mk.1s.
It must have been well looked after over the past 50 years!
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