ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161556
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Date: | Wednesday 25 July 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.5 |
Owner/operator: | AFDS RAF |
Registration: | XA646 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Javelin FAW.5 XA646 ("S" of the RAF Air Fighting Development Squadron (AFDS)) was written off (damaged beyond economic repair) on 25/7/1962 in an engine start-up explosion and AVPIN fire at RAF West Raynham, Norfolk
Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 17/9/1962 and allocated to RAF Manston for fire fighting and crash rescue training. Burnt and scrapped at Manston 1962-63
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170623232130/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Javelin.html 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm]
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Oct-2013 03:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Mar-2019 18:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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