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| Keywords: Harrier P1127 NAS Pax NAN9-66.jpg Hawker Siddley XV-6A Kestrel aircraft at the U S Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River Maryland USA in 1966 Nine former Royal Air Force Kestrel FGA 1s RAF serials XS688/XS696 were used used for tri-service tests by the U S Air Force the U S Army and the U S Navy Only eight were deilivered as one crashed in Great Britain The XV-6A 64-18267 RAF XS693 shown in the center of the picture crashed near Boscombe Down on 21 September 1967 following an engine failure RAF Boscombe Down is an aircraft testing site located south of Amesbury Wiltshire Great Britian The XV-6A 64-18262 RAF XS688 is today preserved at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio USA U S Navy Naval Aviation News September 1966 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1966/Sep66 pdf 1966 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Hawker Siddeley P 1127 1966 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River | ||||
