Date:	Thursday 18 August 1988
Time:
Type:	Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3
Owner/operator:	3 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XW921
MSN:	712076
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1,5 miles north of RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Gütersloh (GUT/ETUO)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed on approach to Gütersloh, West Germany after the pilot ejected due to an engine fire which was probably caused by a fuel leak

Pilot later named as Flt. Lt. P. W. Leach

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5976A529-899F-493F-800E-03B79B31399B/0/maas88_06_harrier_gr3_xw921_18aug88.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
http://www.enotes.com/topic/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
Halley, James J (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Aug-2011 22:23	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Aug-2011 05:49	Uli Elch	Updated [Location, Narrative]
17-Aug-2011 12:18	Uli Elch	Updated [Destination airport]
08-Apr-2013 16:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
28-Oct-2019 19:23	Uli Elch	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
05-Nov-2019 22:07	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 11:06	stehlik49	Updated [Location, Operator]