Ĭrashed off the Lincolnshire coast following a bird strike, Flight Lieutenant J. įlew into ground near Stadtoldendorf, West Germany Flight Lieutenant Peter Anthony did not eject and was killed. Ĭrashed following loss of control in cloud at Tuschenbroich, West Germany during a display flight for Swiss officials Flight Lieutenant Christopher Maunder Humphrey was killed during ejection. įlew into ground following nozzle failure at RAF Wattisham United States Air Force Captain Louis V. Ripley did not eject and became the first American serviceman killed in a Harrier crash. Ĭrashed into the Chesapeake Bay during a test flight Major Michael J. Written off after heavy landing at RAF Wildenrath pilot ejected safely. Flight Lieutenant Neil Wharton ejected safely. Written off after forced landing at Boscombe Down due to engine failure. Simpson, a Hawker Siddeley test pilot was killed during ejection. Īeroplane and Armament Experimental EstablishmentĮngine failure during delivery flight near Boscombe Down. Ĭrashed on takeoff from Dunsfold Aerodrome after loss of control. Ībandoned 2 miles (3.2 km) from Boscombe Down. Ĭrashed on take-off at RAF West Raynham, but did not catch fire, although blanketed by foam as a precaution. Crash was caused by a speck of dust in a nozzle-control air motor which caused momentary failure of the nozzles to follow pilot's commands while the aircraft was being mostly supported by engine lift. Ĭrashed while flying at low speed and low altitude during a display at the 1963 Paris Air Show, pilot Bill Bedford climbed from the aircraft unhurt. Written off after belly landing at Tangmere, Sussex. Ĭrashed after a cold nozzle detached in flight and the aircraft became uncontrollable during approach to normal horizontal landing. Bearing failure caused compressor disintegration, the fragments creating a hole in the compressor casing.

Merewether got out unhurt but the aircraft was badly damaged. Landing heavily, the aircraft burst into flames.

The list of Harrier family aircraft losses covers each incident in which a Harrier was destroyed or otherwise written off due to damage sustained.įlown by Hugh Merewether, was damaged after a main bearing failure and resultant fire warning caused an emergency landing to be made at RAF Tangmere. Removing debris from the AV-8B Harrier II crash near Imperial, California, in 2014

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