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Peak District Air Accident Research

Gloster Javelin F.A.W Mk.5 XA662 of 228 Operational Conversion Unit, crash in Apedale near to Castle Bolton, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire on the 29th September 1959

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
R. E. Nietz	Captain, USAF	Pilot	OK
C. P. Cowper	Flying Officer	Navigator	OK

The crew were on a training flight from RAF Leeming near Northallerton. While over the Wensleydale area the aircraft suffered an engine fire and the other shut down after a fire warning, the crew then made the decision to abandon the aircraft and did so successfully, the aircraft continued on before crashing in a fairly flat attitude on moorland in Apedale to the North of Castle Bolton.

Scattered fragments from the aircraft where it fell.

One of the aircraft's jet pipes is still is still on site, although a little on the flat side. The section is a good 9 feet long.

One of the main wheel tires can be found by the jet pipe, it is marked with June 59, so was not all that old when it was destroyed.

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