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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Sea Harrier FA.2
    Last Military Serial:ZD578 RN
    Construction Number:912041/B35/P22
    Compressed ID:BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 sn ZD578 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:RNAS Yeovilton (north side), Yeovilton, Somerset, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea Harrier FRS.1 by BAE.

    17 March 1985

    First flight.

    By March 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZD578.

    By 7 August 1985

    Transferred to 899NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By 7 August 1985

    Markings Applied: 711

    7 August 1985


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Air Show

    Converted to a Sea Harrier FA.2 by BAE.

    By October 2000

    Transferred to 801nas, HMS Illustrious.

    By October 2000

    Markings Applied: 003, L

    14 October 2000


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Miramar Air Show, CA

    4 December 2003

    To RNAS Yeovilton (north side), Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 000 122

    24 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2013 photo of Gate Guard at RNAS Yeovilton
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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