Hunter serials

[derek burton]

How where the serials applied to early Hunters( MK 1 2 4 5 ) where they all single row or if they had stores pylons did they then have double row serials.

[Howard of Effingham]

How where the serials applied to early Hunters( MK 1 2 4 5 ) where they all single row or if they had stores pylons did they then have double row serials.

dunno if there were any hard and fast rules about this.

the xtradecal early hunters sheets have examples of both and right now i have forgotten the numbers!

[tompot]

All references I have show two rows. BTW I think that you'll find that there were no Hunters in WWII!

Edited December 24, 2007 by tompot

[derek burton]

slightly misplaced post been watching to much dr who

[Col.]

Think the only Hunters to carry single row underwing serials were the prototype and pre-production machines such as WB202.

Scratch that, talking pish. First photo in Francis K Mason's Hawker Hunter, Biography of a Thoroughbred shows a number of 54 Sqn. Mk.1s with single row serials. WT659, 656, 692 & WW636.

Edited December 25, 2007 by Col.

[StephenMG]

Single row serials were the norm on F.1 and F.2 Hunters as they had no underwing pylons.

The RAF switched to double row serials when the F.4 and F.5 came along so that they would not interfere with the stores pylons first introduced with those marks.

Edited December 27, 2007 by StephenMG