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OC 122 Wing Wg Cdr Hammer West's personal Hunter F.4 XE665 with his pennant and the badges of the four Hunter squadrons based at Jever at the time, painted on the nose.   Hunter F.4 XE665 Delivered 5MU 24May55, to 118 Sqn as A held in Station Flt 17Apr56.   Wed 13Jun56 Cat3R/4R.   Uncommanded u/c lowering at high speed resulting in a port u/c up landing.   Blocked runway landing on crash strip with unlocked undercarriage.   [Click to see F540 report.].   Rtd to HAL 1957, converted to Hunter T8 delivered to 764 Sqn (RN) on 20Apr59, to 237OCU 83.
(Thanks to Maurice Parker.)
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