Registration / Serial: | XW770 |
Military Code: | J |
Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |
Aircraft Version: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 |
C/n (msn): | 712087 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | 3 Sqn |
City / Airport: | Enschede - Twente (EHTW / ENS)Map |
Country: | Netherlands |
Event: | Klu Open Day - 1974 |
Photo Date: | 31 August 1974 |
Photo from: | Johan van der Wei Legacy CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 848739Submit Correction |
View count: | 53 |
This Harrier was first flown as a GR1 on 4 January 1972 and delivered to the RAF on 14 August 1972. It was converted to GR1A and later to GR3. It served 3 squadron and was sadly written off on 6 June 1976 following an engine failure after a turbine blade broke off. It crashed near Borken (Germany). Luckily, the pilot was able to eject to safety
Registration / Serial: | XW770 |
Aircraft Version: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 |
C/n (msn): | 712087 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Enschede - Twente (EHTW / ENS)Map | Country: | Netherlands |
Photo Date: | 31 August 1974 |
Photo from: | Johan van der Wei Legacy CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | XW770 |
Military Code: | J |
Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |
Aircraft Version: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 |
C/n (msn): | 712087 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | 3 Sqn |
City / Airport: | Enschede - Twente (EHTW / ENS)Map |
Country: | Netherlands |
Event: | Klu Open Day - 1974 |
Photo Date: | 31 August 1974 |
Photo from: | Johan van der Wei Legacy CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 848739Submit Correction |
View count: | 53 |
This Harrier was first flown as a GR1 on 4 January 1972 and delivered to the RAF on 14 August 1972. It was converted to GR1A and later to GR3. It served 3 squadron and was sadly written off on 6 June 1976 following an engine failure after a turbine blade broke off. It crashed near Borken (Germany). Luckily, the pilot was able to eject to safety
Registration / Serial: | XW770 |
Aircraft Version: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 |
C/n (msn): | 712087 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Enschede - Twente (EHTW / ENS)Map | Country: | Netherlands |
Photo Date: | 31 August 1974 |
Photo from: | Johan van der Wei Legacy CollectionContact |