Aircraft Photo of XV742 | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR1 | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #385104
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XV742
Military Code:12
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Aircraft Version:Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR1
C/n (msn):712005
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location
City / Airport:FarnboroughMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLF   IATA: FAB   Local: -   Other: -
Event:SBAC Farnborough 1970
 
Photo Date:12 September 1970
Photo by:Chris England
Photo ID: 385104
Photo Comment

On display painted and equipped to represent a US Marine Corps AV-8A, and later spent some time with VMA-513 in the USA on trials. Registered as G-VSTO on 7 June 1971 (CAA records give the c/n as 41H-727346) and reverted to XV742 on 5 August 1971. Modified to GR3 in 1982 and destroyed in a fatal crash at Holbeach Range 28 October 1983.

This photo is copyright © Chris England, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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