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20-MAR-1988 Roel van Gestel

Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ451

Rotterdam

Times long gone, before the several budget cuts of the last decennia, the world was devided in good and bad. We were the good guys and had many friends. To celebrate this, HMS Ark Royal visited Rotterdam on March 20th, 1988. Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ451 (no batch, but 801 sqdn) was present. Delivered as the first Sea Harrier in June 1979, three kills were claimed by XZ451 over the Falklands Islands in 1982 (a Pucara, Hercules and Canberra). XZ451 crashed on December 1st, 1989, near Sardinia. The pilot could eject safely.

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Roel van Gestel07-Jun-2011 06:58
Hoi Marcel, moest het opzoeken en idd... Valkenburg 20 maart 1988: Jetstreams XX484, XX490 en ZA111, naast locals 303, 304, 305, 310 en 311. Jouw telefoonnummer toen was 430030, zag ik in het boekje.
Marcel Mutsaers06-Jun-2011 21:49
Echt leuk, sommige foto's brengen herinneringen terug! Hier was ik bij. Weet je nog dat we na dit bezoek naar Leiden CS zijn gegaan waar mijn nicht uit Valkenburg ons ophaalde en wij, met zeven man geloof ik in dat kleine autootje van haar, op weg naar Valkenburg omdat daar 3 RN Jet Streams binnen stonden! Volgens mij was jij daar ook bij toen!

Groeten,
Marcel
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