Kestrels – where are they now?

P.1127

• XP831 Hawker P.1127 1st prototype f/f 21/10/60 now at the Science Museum, London,
• XP836 Hawker P.1127 2nd prototype f/f 7/7/61 w/o 14/12/61
• XP972 Hawker P.1127 3rd prototype f/f 5/4/62 w/o 30/11/1962
• XP976 Hawker P.1127 4th prototype f/f 12/7/62 crashed Tangmere, scrapped Faygate
• XP980 Hawker P.1127  5th prototype f/f 24/2/63 taller fin, anhedral tail. Yeovilton UK
• XP984 Hawker P.1127 6th prototype f/f 13/2/64 (effectively 1st Kestrel) with swept wing & Pegasus 5. Now fitted with P.1127 wing at Brooklands Museum UK

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Kestrels in the US

All with swept wings and larger tail than the P.1127s

• XS688 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 07/03/1964, to USAF 64-18262,Wright-Patterson Museum, Ohio
• XS689 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 28/05/1964, to 64-18263, NASA521, Virginia Air & Space Museum
• XS690 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 05/08/1964, to USAF 64-18264, now Pima Museum, Tucson, AZ
• XS691 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 05/09/1964, to USAF 64-18265 w/o at Edwards AFB
• XS692 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 07/11/1964, to USAF 64-18266, NASA520, Hampton, Virginia

Kestrels in the UK

• XS693 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 25/11/1964, w/o 21/09/1967 Boscombe Down UK
• XS694 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 30/01/1965, to USAF 64-18268, now Wings Museum, Balcombe UK
• XS695 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 19/02/1965, w/o 15/03/1967, to A2619, now RAF Cosford Museum UK
• XS696 Hawker Kestrel FGA1 f/f 05/03/1965, w/o 01/04/1965, West Raynham UK

Pre-production Harriers

• XV277 Harrier 2nd pre-production Harrier f/f 9/11/66 now at National Museum of Flight Scotland
• XV278 Harrier 3rd pre-production Harrier f/f 13/12/66 Luftwaffenmuseum, Gatow Germany
• XV279 Harrier now at Wittering Harrier Heritage Museum
• XV280 Nose section now in renovation in West Yorks Aircraft Museum Doncaster
• XV281 Nose section married to GR3 fuselage in West Yorks Aircraft Museum at Doncaster

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