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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Sea Harrier FRS.1
    Last Military Serial:XZ458 RN
    Construction Number:41H-912012
    Compressed ID:BAE Sea Harrier FRS.1 sn XZ458 RN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:East Essex Aviation Society and Museum, Point Clear, Point Clear Bay, Essex, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea Harrier FRS.1 by BAE.

    10 January 1980

    First flight.

    22 February 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XZ458.

    By May 1980

    Transferred to 800 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.
    Operated with markings: 251

    6 May 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

    July 1980

    Transferred to 800 NAS, HMS Invincible.
    Operated with markings: 251, N

    23 July 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Airshow

    23 July 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By July 1981

    Transferred to 800 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Hermes.

    By July 1981

    Markings Applied: 124, H
    Dark sea grey, white c/s - pre-Falklands conflict.

    22 July 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: Photo taken at the RNAS Culdrose Air Show.

    22 July 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: Photo taken at the RNAS Culdrose Air Show.

    By January 1983

    Transferred to 809 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Yeovilton.

    19 January 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

    By January 1983

    Markings Applied: 716
    Low-vis c/s. 716 on side of engine intakes, 809NAS Phoenix badge on tail.

    16 July 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: Photo taken at the RNAS Portland Air Show.

    By July 1983

    Transferred to 899 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By July 1983

    Markings Applied: 715
    Low-vis c/s, no squadron markings.

    1 December 1984

    Written off.
    Crashed at Kilmonivaig Farm, Gairlochy, Highland, Scotland, 6 nautical miles north-east of Fort William after ingesting a large bird, thought to be a seagull, causing engine failure. Pilot Lt Collier ejected but suffered eye damage. Airframe flight hours at the time of crash= 1285:45. Tail fin on display at East Essex Aviation Museum.

    To East Essex Aviation Society and Museum, Point Clear, Point Clear Bay, Essex, England.
    Tail fin only.
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