| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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. It was added on 21 August 2021, and has since been viewed 977 times. |