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Date: | Thursday 25 August 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.9 |
Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XH876 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grounds of Radio Singapore, Caldecott Hill, Thompson Road -
Singapore
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tengah, Singapore (TGA/WSAT) |
Destination airport: | RAF Tengah, Singapore (TGA/WSAT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 25/8/1966: The throttles jammed in the closed position while down wind to land at Tengah, Singapore. The crew - Flt. Lt. Pete J. Hart and Flt. Lt. Jim J. Jackson - ejected and the aircraft crashed into the grounds of Radio Singapore at Caldecott Hill on Thompson Road
This ejection was the second time that Flt Lt. Peter Hart had ejected from a 64 Squadron Javelin; he had previously ejected from Javelin XH877 "C" on 22 June 1965 (which see)
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm]
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/javelinpics/xh876.jpg]
4.
http://www7.mediacorp.sg/interactivehistory/?p=2# Media:
XH876 at Labuan, Borneo earlier in 1966
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Sep-2013 01:48 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
11-Sep-2013 01:50 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
01-Oct-2013 12:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
01-Oct-2013 14:11 |
Anon. |
Updated [Embed code] |
14-Nov-2018 15:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |