Date:	Tuesday 5 November 1963
Time:
Type:	Gloster Javelin FAW.9R
Owner/operator:	64 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XH765
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	IAF Kalaikunda, near Kharagpur, Midnapore West district, West Bengal -   India
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Kalaikuna, Bengal, India (VEDX)
Destination airport:	Kalaikuna, Bengal, India (VEDX)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Javelin FAW.9R ("A" of 64 Sqn, RAF) was written off 5/11/1963 when the Air Speed Indicator indicated that the aircraft was not accelerating past 80 knots during its take off from Kalaikunda Air Force Station, an Indian Air Force Base near Kharagpur, in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal, India. XH765 was taking part in Exercise Shiksha along with the rest of 64 Sqn.

The pilot abandoned take off but the aircraft overran the runway and was damaged beyond repair. Actual speed was approx 150 knots, not 80 knots as per the ASI, the misreading being caused by a disconnected pitot tube

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm]
3. wreckage of XH765 shortly after the crash: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/javelinpics/xh765.jpg]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Oct-2013 19:32	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Nov-2018 15:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Jun-2020 13:57	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
27-Jun-2022 12:10	Anon.	Updated [Destination airport]