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Form 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*     

J O Hambro Capital Management Group Limited,
J O Hambro Capital Management Limited and Christopher Mills (1)
(Last)       (First)       (Middle)

Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street
(street)

London SW1Y 6QB England
(City)       (State)       (Zip)
 2. Date of Event
Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)

4/9/2003
 		4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Mercury Air Group, Inc.   (MAX)
3. I.R.S. Identification
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity
(voluntary)


 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
                  (Check all applicable)
___ Director                          _X_ 10% Owner
___ Officer (give title below)   ___ Other (specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership
Form: Direct
(D) or Indirect
(I)  (Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 687,200 I (2)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and
Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying
Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or
Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security 		5. Ownership
Form of
Derivative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount
or
Number
of
Shares
               
Explanation of Responses:

(1) This Form 4 is filed jointly by J O Hambro Capital Management Group Limited, J O Hambro Capital Management Limited and Christopher Mills (the "Reporting Persons"). The Reporting Persons may be deemed to indirectly own in excess of 10% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer.
(2) The securities listed in the table are owned by American Opportunity Trust plc, The Trident North Atlantic Fund and certain private clients of J O Hambro Capital Management Limited. The inclusion in this report of securities listed in the table shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is for the purpose of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose, the beneficial owner of such securities, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). 		/s/ Christopher Mills
**Signature of Reporting Person 		April 9, 2003 
Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
    /s/ R. G. Barrett
as Director of J O Hambro Capital Management Group Limited and J O Hambro Capital Management Limited 		April 9, 2003 
Date