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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Harrier GR.3
    Last Military Serial:XW919 RAF
    Construction Number:712074
    Latest Owner or Location:Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

    1971

    Constructed as a Harrier GR.1A.

    27 September 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XW919.

    November 1971


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: XW919 somewhere in UK.

    28 June 1973

    Crashed.
    Crashed at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire after loss of power due to engine failure. Pilot ejected safely. Repaired and returned to service.

    July 1973

    Converted to a Harrier GR.3.

    1982

    Used in the filming of BBC tv series Squadron.

    12 July 1982

    Damaged.
    During Falklands War, while on bombing mission over the Sapper Hill on East Falkland it was severely damaged by the AA fire from Argentinian Grupo de Artilleraa Antiaerea 601 (possibly by Tigercat missile). With tail section on fire the pilot managed to land on HMS Hermes.

    August 1982

    Transported by ship.
    To Great Britain aboard MV Contender Bezant.

    Placed on display with Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham.

    23 March 2009

    June 2010

    Placed on display with Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship).
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    Markings Applied: W

    19 June 2012


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: 2012 photo at Krakow Air Museum in Poland
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier was started by a contributor.
    An preliminary review of the submitted data is pending.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2018 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Safety Network
    Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Marcin Rogowski
    John Yates
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