The Hunter line at Khormaksar in 1963 with three 1417 Flt aircraft nearest the camera: FR.10s XE614-PL and XE599-JM plus T.7 XL613-Z ('Taff' John)

XE589-JM, Johnny Morris's aircraft, pictured on the Ksar pan in autumn 1963, has yet to received the 1417 Flight pennant on the its nose (Taff John)

OC 1417 Flight, Peter Lewis's FR.10, XE614-PL, stands ready for its next sortie on the Khormaksar line in late 1963 (Taff John)

Bearing Peter's initials on the fin, XE614-PL slides alongside the 'camera-ship' during a sortie from Khormaksar in 1964 (Peter Lewis)

XE599-JD flying low over Fort Ataq in 1963 (Roger Pyrah)

XF441-JD was the first Hunter to bear a full set of 1417 Flt markings, stands on the Khormaksar pan awaiting its next sortie. (author)

This aircraft is stored in a hangar in Australia awaiting a buyer.

XE614-RJ after a period with 131 MU at Khormaksar in 1965 (Author's collection)

Adorned with 1417 Flt markings, XE589-RC awaits post-refurb acceptence flight by Ralph Chambers, Khormaksar, 1964. (Ralph Chambers)

Ralph is hoping to locate this (his!) Hunter in Somalia and any assistance would be much appreciated.

Birds eye view of XF436-RP over mountainous terrain in 1965. (Ralph Chambers)

Bearing the tailcode RJ, XE614 blends in well with the terrain below as it flies over the mountains in 1966 (Ken Simpson)

A year later and another view of XF436, re-coded PhN, flying low over an area of rolling bondu (Ken Simpson)

XF460-DB is seen parked on the Masirah apron while on detachment from Khormaksar in 1967. (Ray Deacon collection)

The cameras in the Mark 10 are exemplified in this view of XF460-DB at Masirah, 1967. Note the lens cover on the nose camera. (Ray Deacon collection)

Splendid overhead view of 1417 Flt FR.10, XF460-KS, somewhere over Aden (Ken Simpson) (were you at the controls Ken?)

Taxiing in at Masirah in 1967 while looking through the offset gunsight, a unique feature of the FR.10 (Ken Simpson)

Having no radar ranging, the FR.10 gunsight was fixed and offset to the right to give the pilot better forward vision for map reading at very low levels, early target acquisitions and visual reconnaisance.

One of several differences between the FGA.9 and FR.10, the G4F compass was positioned high up on the instrument panel (Ken Simpson)

This enabled the pilot to take his bearings without the distraction of having to look down into the cockpit, a particular benefit for low-level operations.