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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Harrier GR.3
    Last Military Serial:XZ996 RAF
    Construction Number:712219
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 sn XZ9...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flugplatzmuseum Gutersloh, Gutersloh Airport, North Rhine-Westphalia

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1981

    Constructed as a Harrier GR.3.

    13 January 1982

    First flight.

    4 February 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XZ996.

    By 1984

    Transferred to 1417FLT, Belize.

    By 1984

    Markings Applied: G

    By July 1985

    Transferred to 233ocu, RAF Wittering.

    By July 1985

    Markings Applied: C

    12 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Landing at IAT Fairford.

    13 July 1985


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford IAT

    By 1988

    Transferred to 1417FLT, Belize.

    By 1988

    Markings Applied: C

    By 1995

    New serial number assigned: A2685 RN

    By 1995

    To School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
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    By July 2002

    Markings Applied: 96, 96, DD
    Standard RAF wrap-round camouflage, white 96 on nose and tail, DD on tail.

    17 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    By 2008

    To Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Fire School, RNAS Predannack, Predannack Wollas/Ruan Major, Cornwall, England.
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    2010


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 2010 photo at Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Fire School, RNAS Predannack, Predannack Wollas / Ruan Major, Cornwall.

    February 2012

    To Everrett Aero, Bentwaters.

    1 March 2013


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: XZ996. Harrier GR.3 at Bentwaters Airfield.

    2020

    To Flugplatzmuseum Gutersloh, Gutersloh Airport, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Thorsten Ruchel
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