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Date: | Sunday 30 May 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XZ963 |
MSN: | 712199 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 30 miles from HMS Hermes, South Atlantic Ocean -
Falkland Islands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Hermes |
Destination airport: | HMS Hermes |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fuel exhaustion after the tanks were hit by small arms fire over Port Stanley, Falklands. Crashed into the South Atlantic 30 miles from carrier, off the Falkland Islands.
Pilot - Sqn. Ldr. Jerry J. Pook - ejected, but spent some uncomfortable hours in his life raft before being rescued.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm http://www.raf.mod.uk/falklands/1sqn_5.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses#UK_operated_Harriers_2 Burden, Rodney A; Michael I Draper, Douglas A Rough, Colin R Smith, David L Wilton (1986). Falklands - The Air War. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-842-7.
Halley, James J (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Aug-2011 21:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2013 18:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
11-Nov-2020 09:37 |
Bong |
Updated [Location] |