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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Sea Harrier FA.2
    Last Military Serial:XZ499 RN
    Construction Number:912023/P2
    Latest Owner or Location:Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea Harrier FRS.1 by BAE.

    12 June 1981

    First flight.

    16 July 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XZ499.

    By 1 November 1981

    Transferred to 801 NAS, HMS Invincible.
    Operated with markings: 000, N

    5 November 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

    15 September 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Abingdon Battle of Britain Airshow

    15 September 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By September 1988

    Transferred to 899 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By September 1988

    Markings Applied: 715

    4 September 1988


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Farnborough Air Show

    Converted to a Sea Harrier FA.2 by BAE.
    New construction number, 912023/P2, assigned to the airframe.

    January 2004

    To Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 003

    24 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton in the UK
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Andrew Appleton
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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