Serial712215
Line Number
First Flight27.11.81
ModelHarrier-GR.3
StatusCrashed
Commentscrashed 29.11.84 due to a large sea bird strike, probably a Southern Giant Petrel. while practising an attack on Port Stanley airport, Pilot - Flt Lt Ian Wilkes - of 1(F)Sqn. ejected at very low level, with insufficient time for the parachute to slow the pilot down, and he suffered serious injuries, he was saved from drowning by two airmen who were working nearby and came to his aid in a Gemini dinghy
 
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