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| THE FRADU HAWK LOCATOR |
| The Hawker-Siddeley (later British Aerospace) Hawk T.1 first entered service with the Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton in April 1994. The initial examples were officially transferred to Royal Navy charge, and until the resurrection of 736 Naval Air Squadron (736NAS) in June 2013, the Fleet Requirements & Air Direction Unit (FRADU) was the only Unit to have operated the type. The Royal Navy Hawks were subsequently transferred back to the Royal Air Force (RAF) following annual maintenance/storage, with the replacement platforms only ever being placed on loan or on lease to FRADU from the RAF. Therefore, a considerable number of Hawks have, at some point between 1996 and 2010, been used by the FRADU for a short time, prior to being returned for further RAF service. This site, at the present time, only features the original Yeovilton Hawks that replaced the Hawker Hunter at the Somerset airfield and, if applicable, remained with FRADU when it was moved to RNAS Culdrose. In addition, the final FRADU Hawk fleet, or those airframes that were with the FRADU from 1st January 2011 until June 2013 are also featured in depth. Clicking a serial of a particular airframe will bring up the service history of that particular airframe, in addition to a collection of clickable images showing it at various stages of its career with the FRADU. Airframes are sorted in serial number order, and are also listed with, where applicable, any allocated fleet numbers. |
Section 1 - The original Yeovilton Hawks
| Serial / call-sign | Spec | Location | Date |
| XX157 | T.1A | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (736NAS tail markings) | December 2020 |
| XX165 - '869' | T.1 | Qinetiq, Boscombe Down (fuselage only - for spares use) | December 2020 |
| XX175 - '861' | T.1 | Jet Art Aviation, Selby, South Yorks | December 2020 |
| XX183 - '868' | T.1 | Crashed near Pickering, North Yorkshire 23/07/03 | |
| XX205 | T.1A | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CM') | December 2020 |
| XX234 - '872' | T.1 | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX242 - '865' | T.1 | RAFAT "Red Arrows" RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire | December 2020 |
| XX245 - '866' | T.1 | RAFAT "Red Arrows" RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire | December 2020 |
| XX263 | T.1A | Cardiff University, Wales (ground instruction) | December 2020 |
| XX286 | T.1A | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('286') | December 2020 |
| XX301 | T.1A | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (FN100 colours) | December 2020 |
| XX311 - '867' | T.1 | RAFAT "Red Arrows" RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire | December 2020 |
| XX315 | T.1A | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('315') | December 2020 |
| XX337 | T.1A | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CM') | December 2020 |
| XX346 | T.1A | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CP') | December 2020 |
Section 2 - 2013 - the final Culdrose fleet
| Below is a list of the final fleet prior to the FRADU's withdrawal. Listed here is details of each aeroplane's markings are included first, then details of its current location. |
| Serial / call-sign | Spec | FRADU Livery/markings | Current location | Date |
| XX157 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX159 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX165 | T.1 | '165' - no Unit markings worn | Stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | Qinetiq, Boscombe Down (fuselage only - for spares use) | December 2020 |
| XX169 | T.1 | '169' - RAF 19(R) Sqn markings | Stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX170 | T.1 | '170' - no Unit markings worn | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX205 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CM') | December 2020 |
| XX217 | T.1A | '217' - no Unit markings worn | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX221 | T.1A | '221' - no Unit markings worn | RAF Valley, Wales (in deep servicing for return to service) | December 2020 |
| XX236 | T.1A | '236' - RAF 208 (R) Sqn markings | 1 SoTT, Cosford, Shropshire (ground instruction) - ('236') | December 2020 |
| XX240 | T.1W | '240' - no Unit markings worn | Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Airport, Cornwall | December 2020 |
| XX261 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CJ') | December 2020 |
| XX281 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RN 736NAS, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall (FN100 fin) | December 2020 |
| XX301 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (FN100 colours) | December 2020 |
| XX303 | T.1A | '303' - no Unit markings worn | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CR') | December 2020 |
| XX316 | T.1A | '316' - no Unit markings worn | RAF Valley, Wales (in deep servicing for return to service) | December 2020 |
| XX330 | T.1A | '330' - no Unit markings worn | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX331 | T.1A | '331' - RAF 100 Sqn markings | Stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX337 | T.1A | Toned down Fly Navy 100 anniversary livery | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CM') | December 2020 |
The following Hawk airframes have at some point been transferred to, and used by FRADU, after it was moved to RNAS Culdrose in December 1995, and before the major airframe shuffle in 2008.
It is intended that, subject to time commitments, these aeroplanes will be featured in the future.
| Fleet No / Serial | Spec | period served with FRADU | Owner/Location (Codes) | Date |
| XX156 | T.1 | August-December 2007? | RAF Valley, Wales - on display ('156') | December 2020 |
| XX158 | T.1A | July-September 2009? | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire - ('158') | December 2020 |
| XX160 | T.1 | August 2006-November 2007? | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire - ('160') | December 2020 |
| XX161 | T.1W | 2005-2007? | RN 736NAS, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall ('161') | December 2020 |
| XX167 | T.1W | August 01-2005? | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire - ('167') | December 2020 |
| XX168 | T.1 | 2004-June 2009? | 1 SoTT, Cosford, Shropshire (ground instruction) - ('168') | December 2020 |
| XX171 | T.1 | August 1999-May 2001, October 2001-November 2007? |
RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire - ('171') | December 2020 |
| XX172 | T.1 | 2005-2007? | Qinetiq, Boscombe Down (fuselage only) - ('172') | December 2020 |
| XX173 | T.1 | April 2002-2007? | JARTS, MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire | December 2020 |
| XX178 | T.1W | March 2002-2004? | 1 SoTT, Cosford, Shropshire (ground instruction) - ('178') | December 2020 |
| XX184 | T.1 | December 2002-July 2003, 2004-2007? |
Sheffield University, (ground instruction), South Yorkshire | December 2020 |
| XX187 | T.1A | June 1998-August 2002 | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CN') | December 2020 |
| XX198 | T.1A | July 2007-April 2009? | RAF 100 Squadron, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CH') | December 2020 |
| XX201 | T.1A | June 1997-July 1999, September 1999-April 2002 |
RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('CQ') | December 2020 |
| XX220 | T.1A | July 1997-July99, September 1999-July 2001 |
RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('220') | December 2020 |
| XX224 | T.1W | September 2000-2006? | 1 SoTT, Cosford, Shropshire (ground instruction) ('224') | December 2020 |
| XX225 | T.1 | 2005-2007? | RN, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('322') | December 2020 |
| XX226 | T.1 | July 2002-2006? | Jet Art Aviation, Selby, South Yorks | December 2020 |
| XX230 | T.1A | March 1999-December 2001 | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('230') | December 2020 |
| XX231 | T.1W | November 2000-February 2002, August 2002-2004? |
RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('231') | December 2020 |
| XX235 | T.1W | 2005-2007? | 1 SoTT, Cosford, Shropshire (ground instruction) ('235') | December 2020 | XX238 | T.1 | May 2001-2005? | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('238') | December 2020 |
| XX244 | T.1 | 2006-2009? | RAFAT "Red Arrows", stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire | December 2020 |
| XX246 | T.1A | October 2007-January 2009? | RAF 100 Sqn, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CA') | December 2020 |
| XX255 | T.1A | November 1997-November 1998, April 1999-August 2002 |
RAF 100 Sqn, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire ('CB') | December 2020 |
| XX265 | T.1A | May 2002-???? | RAF, stored RAF Shawbury, Shropshire ('CP') | December 2020 |
| XX322 | T.1A | July 1996-April 1998, November 1998-September 2002 |
RAFAT "Red Arrows" RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire | December 2020 |
| XX325 | T.1 | 2004-2006? | RAFAT "Red Arrows" RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire | December 2020 |
| XX335 | T.1A | January 2007-July 2007 | 1 SoTT, Cosford, Shropshire (ground instruction) - ('335') | December 2020 |