Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3

This aircraft flew ground attack operations

RAF Hawker Siddeley Harriers flew ground attack operations from the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes during the Falklands Conflict.

This aircraft arrived at Ascension Island after a nine hour ferry flight. It later embarked on HMS Hermes and undertook numerous ground attack sorties against targets on the Falklands including the first ever operational use of a laser guided bomb by an RAF aircraft on Mount Tumbledown.