Mountain goat Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) Hi all, On the now defunct sg-etuo website (spotter's goup RAF Gütersloh) I remember seeing a picture of an airborne Harrier GR.3 in a complete (wrap-around) winter camouflage, taken, if I remember correctly, May or July 1983. The camo pattern of this Harrier differed from the usual (say 1 Sqn) GR.3s in that the grey areas were painted over instead of green - resulting in a white - green pattern. Does anyone know of which aircraft I speak? I apparently never saved the image but I hope someone here has, or at least has a strong memory of the serial. Cheers!! Jay Edit: Solved! It was 1980, not 1983. See later post. Edited September 22, 2019 by Mountain goat Question answered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Hello Jay... Is this the scheme ? https://www.alamy.com/raf-harriers-in-snow-camouflage-image3629733.html https://www.alamy.com/raf-harriers-in-snow-camouflage-image3629718.html A link to a build. https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=385&t=17024 Dennis Edited September 22, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 22 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Jay... Is this the scheme ? https://www.alamy.com/raf-harriers-in-snow-camouflage-image3629733.html https://www.alamy.com/raf-harriers-in-snow-camouflage-image3629718.html A link to a build. https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=385&t=17024 Dennis Hi Dennis - Thanks for looking! Alas the Alamy pictures show a white-grey scheme of 1 Squadron. The Harrier I referred to was very specific to 3(F) Sqn and was only used for deployment once I believe, in 1983. Thing is I don't know which machines were painted as such. If I really really strain my memory the fin code might have been AY or AX but I'm very far from sure... Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I can keep looking for you if you want i have some free time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Hi Dennis, that's kind of you though I feel I must warn you as I had lots of free time last week and it didn't turn anything up as yet 🙂 - though you'd think there must a past thread on this somewhere on the internet. Jay Edited September 22, 2019 by Mountain goat typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Found it! Someone sent me a screenshot of a thumbnail. - I had been wrong earlier. The picture in question was dated July 1980 and the Harrier is XV808/W. (Not my copyright) Thank you! Jay Edited September 22, 2019 by Mountain goat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Mountain goat said: The picture in question was dated July 1980 and the Harrier is XV808/W. That pic plus more is also depicted in the AirDoc "British Harriers Part 1 - The GR.1/GR.3/T.2/T.4 of the Royal Air Force in Germany" volume (p.38). Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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