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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/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jan-2020 22:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
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24-Jan-2020 11:08 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |