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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.7 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE Handling Sqn |
| Registration: | XH710 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) on 31/08/1961 in an acid spillage at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. To No.27 MU Shawbury 27/10/1961 but was not repaired; struck off charge 11/04/1962 as Cat.5(G/I) and was allocated to 7748M at 12 SoTT RAF Melksham. Finally scrapped 30/03/1964
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170623232130/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Javelin.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XH
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2014 18:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 17:37 | Route | Updated [Operator, ] |
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