J-4006 HISTORY (page 2)
	The Swiss Hunters of the Patrouille Suisse aerobatic display team flew with a special version of the Swiss flag on the underside of the aircraft.  The team used Hunters J-4020, J-4021, J-4022, J-4023, J-4025, J-4026, J-4027, J-4028, J-4029 (the other "Canadian" Swiss Hunter, now located at the RCAF Museum in Trenton, Ontario), J-4030, J-4031, and J-4032.  The missing aircraft in this sequence of registrations, J-4024, was written off on March 15, 1965 when it was burnt out during engine tests. On October 20, 1982, a Hunter Mk.58 became the first and only aircraft in the Swiss Air Force to have been decorated with a "kill marking" when the pilot of J-4124, engaged in mock dogfighting exercises, forgot his guns were loaded with live ammunition and accidentally shot down J-4051. In 1990, the rundown of the Hunter fleet began when fatigue cracks were found in the reconditioned Mk.58As.  These aircraft were withdrawn from service to be used for spare parts and also for scrapping, which has become the fate of many airplanes over the years by many nations. Many of the first Hawker Hunters (including J-4006 and seven others of the original twelve) remained in service until 1994. J-4006, with 2,514 hours flying time and 1,274 landings, was retired on December 16, 1994 after 36 years of service. Following disposal by the Swiss, J-4006 was donated to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.  It was flown from Switzerland to RAF Lyneham in England.  The wings and tail were noted dismantled on July 23, 1995, and the Hunter was shipped to Canada in a Canadian Forces C-130 Hercules, where it arrived at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in the late summer of 1995.  The wings and tail were re-assembled and the Hunter was put on public display.  To date, the CWH Hunter Crew has over 900 hours maintaining J-4006 in its fully operational condition, including building and installing replica 3-inch rockets on the underwing pylons.