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| Date: | Thursday 1 April 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Tri-Partite Evaluation Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS696 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Written off 1/4/1965: caught fire and crashed on take off from RAF West Raynham. Struck off charge same day as Cat.5(c) and remains scrapped after components recovery. The crash took place on the aircraft's tenth flight.
(XS696 has first flown 5/3/1965, and had arrived at West Raynham on 24/3/1965 - so was only a month old, and had only been in service for nine days, when destroyed)
Also allocated USAF Serial 64-18270 as Hawker XV-6A
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses#1960s
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1965.htm
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1964.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2013 00:16 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 16-Sep-2013 03:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Nov-2014 13:52 | Rata | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
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