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HA2615 Corgi   Harrier GR5 - 3 Sqn RAF, Gutersloh, 1990 (1,000 ONLY) £
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  HA2615 is GR.5 Harrier ZD327 "AJ" of 3 Sqn. RAF, based at Gutersloh, Germany in 1990. Production of 1,000 pieces; however only a few hundred were imported to the UK and it is now sold out everywhere.

RAF No. 3 Squadron was formed on May 13, 1912 and was the first RAF squadron to receive the new flying machines. The squadron’s first encounter with the Harrier was in early 1970 when they received GR.1’s. In 1977 No.3 Squadron were stationed at RAF Station Gütersloh, West Germany where they acquired the GR. 3 and the GR. 5. In 1992 No. 3 Squadron moved to RAF Station Laarburch, on the German border with the Netherlands, now flying the GR.7 Harrier. In 1997 they returned to RAF Station Cottesmore.

The GR.7 series is part of the second generation of Harriers and replaced the older GR.3. This variant is quite similar to the American designed AV-8B but is built under license and equipped with RAF specific navigation and defense systems and added under-wing pylons. The GR.7 is capable of carrying twice the load of the GR.3 or the same load twice as far. The GR.7 first flew in 1989 and entered service in 1990. Of the 96 GR.7 Harriers belonging to the RAF 62 originally were GR.5s that were upgraded to GR.7s.

The British Aerospace/McDonnell Douglas Harrier II is a second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft used previously by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and, between 2006–2010, the Royal Navy. Derived from the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, which was a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the BAe Harrier II was produced as the Harrier GR5/GR7/GR9. Both are primarily used for light attack or multi-role tasks, and are often operated from small aircraft carriers. The Harrier II fell victim to a UK defence review which saw all its operational airframes retired from service in December 2010.

 
 
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