Date:	Monday 9 April 1962
Time:
Type:	Gloster Javelin FAW.8
Owner/operator:	41 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XH977
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Gutersloh (GUT/ETUO)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Written off 9/4/1962: Damaged beyond economic repair due to engine explosion on start-up at RAF Gütersloh (GUT/ETUO). Aircraft caught fire; not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c). According to some sources, the remains were kept at Gütersloh as a source of spare parts until being finally scrapped in July 1965.

1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/javelinpics/xh977.jpg]
3. Spotting Group Gütersloh - http://web.archive.org/web/20171027114502/http://sg-etuo.de:80/Main/EDUOCrashs
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Aug-2011 13:21	Uli Elch	Added
10-Sep-2011 04:11	spotaplane	Updated
14-Jul-2013 13:23	Chr. Hölscher	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2013 01:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Dec-2013 08:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
28-Oct-2019 19:31	Uli Elch	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
05-Nov-2019 22:09	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 11:00	stehlik49	Updated [Location, Operator]