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Date: | Thursday 17 October 1963 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.9 |
Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XH758 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 mile W of Zonhoven, Limburg -
Belgium
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Laarbruch, Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 17/10/1963: flying in bunt attitude, following centre line closure of starboard engine after engine explosion, both engines disintegrated due to compressor blade failure. XH758 ('Z' of 5 Squadron, RAF) crashed 2 miles west of Zonhoven, Belgium, on the Belgian/West Germany border. Both crew - Flt. Lt. R. Boulton (pilot) and Flt. Lt. L. P. Morley (navigator) ejected safely at 27,000feet and 250 knots.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/javelinpics/xh758.jpg]
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm]
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Aug-2011 13:21 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
09-Sep-2013 01:17 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Nov-2018 15:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Jul-2022 15:34 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
07-Nov-2022 20:09 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |