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In 1963 the improved FAW.2 variant was coming into service; this had enlarged tail booms that extended forward of the wing leading edge (to give more room for ECM equipment in the top half of the extensions, and additional fuel in the tip and bottom halves), Red Top missile capability (which had limited all-aspect seeker heads instead of the tail-chase Firestreaks) and Bullpup air-to-ground missile capability. Other more minor improvements were made to FAW.2s as the variant entered service; most notably, the frame in the middle of the pilot's canopy was removed to improve visibility, and the observer's hatch became bulged with a frangible window. On FAW.1s and early FAW.2s the observer's hatch was flat with a tiny window in it. To leave the aircraft in an emergency, the hatch had to be jettisoned, and could not be ejected through. Around the same time improved ejector seats were fitted, the hatch cover was redesigned with a much larger perspex area and made frangible so the observer could eject through the hatch. These frangible hatches are bulged, and appear on most FAW.2s (e.g. XN685 as shown in the walkaround pictures section). Unfortunately if your seat failed to fire, this meant you had to try and escape through the clear part of the hatch, which was a very tight fit. In one sad case, an observer got stuck half way out and despite frantic efforts by his pilot to free him, ended up being killed. - See more at:
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S 26 "6" (Airfix), J 26 "Gul H" (Hasegawa), J 26 "Vit Bertil" (Heller).