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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Sea Harrier FA.2
    Last Military Serial:ZH796 RN
    Construction Number:NB01
    Compressed ID:BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 sn ZH796 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:RAF Cosford

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea Harrier FA.2 by BAE.

    30 October 1995

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZH796.

    28 June 2003


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Airpower 03, Zeltweg, Austria

    By July 2003

    Transferred to 899 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.
    Operated with markings: 712

    19 July 2003


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    19 July 2003


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    By July 2005

    Transferred to 801 NAS, HMS Illustrious.
    Operated with markings: 001, L

    15 July 2005


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    29 March 2006

    Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage.

    24 June 2009

    To HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
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    April 2014

    Assigned to RAF Cosford for storage.

    10 June 2018


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: RAF Cosford, UK
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    Robert Nichols
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