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A little research turns up:
The registration of the prototype M2T Hawk Major was G-ADNJ
The registration of the prototype M5 Sparrowhawk was G-ADNL
Extrapolation might bring us to the second M2T built - G-ADNK, which could fit the aircraft in the picture.
The Sparrowhawk was developed from the basic Hawk airframe adapted for racing.
G-ADNJ was later used to build the experimental Miles Sparrowjet in the 1950s.
Would it not therefore be possible that the aircraft shown started life as a two seat trainer, remaining under factory control, and was converted into a a single seat racer?
That would mean that it was both a Hawk Major AND a Sparrowhawk, at different stages in its life.
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The Mad Landsman
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