Gloster Javelin
Survivors
Despite a decent production run (by British standards), and though a respectable number of examples were
preserved for a while as gate guards (at RAF stations Acklington, Hartlebury, Innsworth, Leeming, Manston, Stafford,
Swanton Morley, Swinderby, Ternhill, West Raynham and Yatesbury), the closure of many stations more often than not led
to the Javelin being scrapped (if it had not already been replaced by another type on the gate). As a
consequence very few now remain in existence, though thankfully they all seem to have secure futures (though I
would not count anything on the gate at an RAF establishment as particularly secure judging by the past
record of Javelin gate guards - indeed the very last example of an FAW.2 in existence was scrapped not so
long ago, and RAF Stafford upgraded their gate guard to a Harrier GR.3).
The list here is compiled from a number of sources, with particular credit to
Ken Ellis' Wrecks & Relics (16th edition) and Otger van der Kooij's
European Wrecks & Relics (2nd edition). Please comment on any individual survivor
entry you feel requires an update!
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Preserved Javelin XA699 at Coventry; author
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Complete aircraft
| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XA553 | FAW.1 | Classic Jets (gate guard), Thunder City, Capetown Airport, South Africa | 02/2008 |
| XA564 | FAW.1 | RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire | 17/05/2007 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XA634 | FAW.4 | RAF Leeming (gate guard), North Yorkshire | 01/10/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XA699 | FAW.5 | Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire | 20/06/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XH992 | FAW.8 | Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire | 13/03/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| 'XH707' (really XH768) | FAW.9 | Museo dell'Aviazione, Cerbaiola, near Rimini, Italy | 28/10/2004 |
| XH767 | FAW.9 | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, Yorkshire | 01/10/2008 |
| XH897 | FAW.9 | Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire | 22/05/2005 |
| XH903 | FAW.9 | Jet Age Museum (gate guard), Staverton, Gloucestershire | 17/12/2004 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XH892 | FAW.9R | Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, Suffolk | 01/10/2008 |
Nose/cockpit/other sections
| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XH783 | FAW.7 | Catford Independent Air Force, Catford, Greater London | |
| XH837 | FAW.7 | Caernarfon Airworld, Caernarfon Aerodrome, Gwynedd, Wales | 19/08/2001 |
