RAF Harrier crashes

[Jim]

Anyone know the tail nos for crashed RAF Harriers since '96? I'm doing some
research into the area.

I know of the following crashes (but not the tail nos), although there must
be more:

GR7s:
Nevada 99
Laarbruch 99
Another Laarbruch (99?)
Wittering 99-ish
Boston 99
Coldstream 00
Lowestoft 02

T10s:
Boscombe 01?
Wittering 03

Thanks in advance,
Jim

[TJ]

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone know the tail nos for crashed RAF Harriers since '96? I'm doing
some
> research into the area.
>
> I know of the following crashes (but not the tail nos), although there
must
> be more:
>
> GR7s:
> Nevada 99
> Laarbruch 99
> Another Laarbruch (99?)
> Wittering 99-ish
> Boston 99
> Coldstream 00
> Lowestoft 02
>
> T10s:
> Boscombe 01?
> Wittering 03
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim
>
>

Air Forces Monthly backcopies will have all the relevant details. Here is a
list from the Mach III's UK Air Arm - Ian Carroll - 2002

ZD324 GR.7 Written-Off 30.10.97
ZD326 GR.7 Written-Off 04.02.99
ZD345 GR.7 Written-Off 09.07.99
ZD377 GR.7 Written-Off 09.01.97
ZD400 GR.7 Written-Off 19 or 20.05.97
ZD434 GR.7 Written-Off 18.12.98
ZD462 GR.7 Written-Off 25.11.97 - Now at RAF Cosford as ground
instructional airframe.
ZG476 GR.7 Written-Off 19.02.96
ZG532 GR.7 Written-Off 14.07.99
ZG533 GR.7 Written-Off 07.07.98
ZG856 GR.7 Written-Off 29.01.99
ZG861 GR.7 Written-Off 03.06.97
ZH654 T.10 Damaged 24.08.00 - (Wreck is now stored at Boscombe Down)
ZH655 T.10 Damaged (Cat 4) no date, but seen at St Athan Jan 02.

I'll see if I can dig out some of my old copies and have a look in the
attrition section.

TJ

[Jim]

That's great TJ, thanks a lot for digging that lot out. Fills a few holes in
my list!

Cheers,
Jim

[TJ]

"TJ" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jim" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone know the tail nos for crashed RAF Harriers since '96? I'm doing
> some
> > research into the area.
> >
> > I know of the following crashes (but not the tail nos), although there
> must
> > be more:
> >
> > GR7s:
> > Nevada 99
> > Laarbruch 99
> > Another Laarbruch (99?)
> > Wittering 99-ish
> > Boston 99
> > Coldstream 00
> > Lowestoft 02
> >
> > T10s:
> > Boscombe 01?
> > Wittering 03
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
> Air Forces Monthly backcopies will have all the relevant details. Here is
a
> list from the Mach III's UK Air Arm - Ian Carroll - 2002
>
> ZD324 GR.7 Written-Off 30.10.97
> ZD326 GR.7 Written-Off 04.02.99
> ZD345 GR.7 Written-Off 09.07.99
> ZD377 GR.7 Written-Off 09.01.97
> ZD400 GR.7 Written-Off 19 or 20.05.97
> ZD434 GR.7 Written-Off 18.12.98
> ZD462 GR.7 Written-Off 25.11.97 - Now at RAF Cosford as ground
> instructional airframe.
> ZG476 GR.7 Written-Off 19.02.96
> ZG532 GR.7 Written-Off 14.07.99
> ZG533 GR.7 Written-Off 07.07.98
> ZG856 GR.7 Written-Off 29.01.99
> ZG861 GR.7 Written-Off 03.06.97
> ZH654 T.10 Damaged 24.08.00 - (Wreck is now stored at Boscombe Down)
> ZH655 T.10 Damaged (Cat 4) no date, but seen at St Athan Jan 02.
>
> I'll see if I can dig out some of my old copies and have a look in the
> attrition section.
>
> TJ
>
>

Further to my earlier post. My AFM copies are not complete - ditched a lot a
few years back.

From UK Parliament questions:

"RAF Aircraft Crashes

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what were the causes
of the crashes of (b) RAF Harrier GR7 over Rollins Air Force Base, Nevada
on 29 January 1999, (c) RAF Harrier GR7 over RAF Laarbruck, Germany on 4
February 1999, (h) RAF Harrier GR7 south of Boston on 9 July 1999, RAF
Harrier GR7 over Coldstream on 14 July 1999"

So, this would give the following match-ups:

ZD326 GR.7 Written-Off 04.02.99 - RAF Laarbruck
ZD345 GR.7 Written-Off 09.07.99 - Boston
ZG532 GR.7 Written-Off 14.07.99 - Coldstream
ZG856 GR.7 Written-Off 29.01.99 - Nevada

The GR.7 that came down in the sea of Lowestoft at the airshow was:

ZD464 GR.7 Written-Off 02.08.02 - Lowestoft.

TJ

[TJ]

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
> That's great TJ, thanks a lot for digging that lot out. Fills a few holes
in
> my list!
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>

No probs. Glad to be of help!

On the ZG476 crash:

From the Parliament website:

5 December, 2002,

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when (a) the Royal
Air Force Harrier GR 7 which crashed on 20 February at Southorpe, near
Peterborough, Lincolnshire, ......

Harrier GR7 ZG476 completed a period of minor scheduled maintenance, the
deepest servicing applicable to the Harrier GR7, at RAF Wittering in
December 1995. This work was carried out by RAF tradesmen."

On the T.10 that you have down for 03 at Wittering. Are you thinking of the
T.8 crash on 5 Dec 2002? This was a Royal Navy T.8 serial ZB605.

TJ

[Jim]

Awesome, thanks TJ!

I was thinking of the T10 that had some kind of engine problem landing at
Wittering. Don't know if it was Cat 5, but it hit so hard the gear collapsed
on landing.

Thanks again,

Jim