Incident Gloster Javelin FAW.2 XA802,
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Date:Monday 9 March 1959
Time:
Type:Gloster Javelin FAW.2
Owner/operator:46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF
Registration: XA802
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Westerland/Sylt (EDXW) Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Westerland/Sylt (EDXW)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Javaline XA802: Starter exploded starting up, caught fire; DBR. 03/09/1959:
Written off in a start-up fire at RAF Sylt AB, West Germany.

Sources:

Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001

http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/gloster_javelin.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Aug-2011 14:01 Uli Elch Added
07-Jul-2023 11:05 Nepa Updated

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