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Date: | Monday 9 April 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.8 |
Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XH977 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
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.
Sources:
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]
Revision history:
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] |