Incident Gloster Javelin FAW.4 XA734,
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Date:Tuesday 11 February 1958
Time:day
Type:Gloster Javelin FAW.4
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: XA734
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lizard Lane, Wymondham, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Gloster Javelin FAW.4 XA734, 23 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 11/2/58 - Crashed at Lizard Lane, Wymondham, Norfolk after the crew - F/O F. H. B. Stark and F/O P Baigent - both ejected following an engine fire in flight during heavy turbulence

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.194 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 7)
3. Gloster Javelin: An Operation History (p 246) By Michael Napier.
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/398: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424519
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/37/S2908: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578688
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XA
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jan-2020 22:54 Dr. John Smith Added
24-Jan-2020 11:08 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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