ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138151
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Date: | Friday 3 September 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.9 |
Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XH911 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Geilenkirchen in the North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Geilenkirchen (GKE/ETNG) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Javelin XH911 ("J" of 5 Sqn, RAF) was written off (damaged beyond economic repair) on 3/9/1965 when an engine caught fire whilst starting up at RAF Geilenkirchen (GKE/ETNG), West Germany
Struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) 7/10/1965 When 5 Squadron disbanded at Geilenkirchen (having been replaced by a "new" 5 Squadron at RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, which was equipped with BAC Lightning F.3s)
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1965.htm 3.
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Gloster_Javelin.htm 4.
http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/javelinpics/xh911.jpg 5.
http://www.neaa.co.uk/javelin.html 6.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?124246-Gloster-Javelin-cockpit-pictures-and-parts-wanted!
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Aug-2011 13:07 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
23-Sep-2013 15:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
23-Sep-2013 15:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
14-Nov-2018 15:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Dec-2020 17:14 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
09-Apr-2024 18:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
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