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Old 25th Apr 2016, 20:31
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And Peter Squire's DFC write up (London Gazette supplement dated 8 Oct 82) gives some flavour of RAF Harrier involvement - but don't tell Sharky! ........
In fact, the only bit of the RAF that Sharky had any time (or praise) for was the Harrier Force.

It might be of interest to know how many RAF pilots flew the Sea Harrier during Corporate.
During the actual fighting 7 in total, broken down as follows

800 NAS - 1.
801 NAS - 1. (Was the Sqn QWI).
899 NAS - 3 (2 to 800 NAS, 1 to 801 NAS). First two confirmed A/A SHAR kills were made by two of these pilots. The third was Dave Morgan (Top scorer).
809 NAS - 2 (both to 800 NAS).
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