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Old 5th Jun 2003, 16:14
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Harrier tail in church yard ?

I was walking around Shoreham the other day when I I saw a Harrier tailplane in a church yard I think the church was St Marys.

There was no explination as to why this tail was there.

Can any of you shed some light on this ?.
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There is or was an old Harrier, a GR1 I think parked outside the Transair shop at one end of the airfield (the NE corner I think), acting as a rather large lawn ornament.

On the grounds that there can't be that many spare Harriers lying around Shoreham presumably it's that one. What the relationship is to any particular churchyard I have no idea.

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Think you'll find that the Transair Harrier (GR3 I believe) was sold to the USA but didn't yet make it due to importation restrictions. It got to Belgium though (possibly Antwerp container depot).

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I think there's a Wessex decaying outisde Transair at Shoreham now... or at least there was a month or two ago.

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