File:DN-SC-87-05773.JPEG

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Description A Royal Navy BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 (s/n ZA190) from No. 800 Naval Air Squadron on HMS Illustrious (R06) taking off from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on 22 October 1984.
This Sea Harrier was delivered in 1981. Lt. Steve Thomas destroyed two Argentine IAI Daggers (C-404 and C-403 of Grupo 6) with two AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles flying ZA190 on 21 May 1982. It crashed after a bird strike on 15 October 1987, the pilot ejecting safely.
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current10:42, 13 July 2007Thumbnail for version as of 10:42, 13 July 20072,960 × 2,010 (2.85 MB)KGyST (talk | contribs)A British Royal Navy FRS.Mk 1 Sea Harrier aircraft prepares to take off from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Date Shot: 22 Oct 1984 Source: http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cf

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