Date:	Wednesday 12 April 1961
Time:
Type:	Gloster Javelin FAW.2
Owner/operator:	46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF
Registration:	XA813
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
On 12/04/1961,XA813 "U" a Gloster Javelin FAW.2 of 46 Sqn, RAF was written off (damaged beyond economic repair). Although it landed safely at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, with a loss of hydraulic pressure, it was found that the starboard jet pipe had fractured and hot gases had seriously damaged the rear fuselage and hydraulic pipe

Not repaired, instead Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 17/4/1961, and allocated to the fire dump at Waterbeach for fire fighting/crash rescue training

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
2. XA813 dumped at Waterbeach 16/9/1961: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1044471/
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm]
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/javelinpics/xa813.jpg]
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205213837

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Oct-2013 17:07	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Jun-2015 16:36	Angel dick one	Updated [Operator, Location]