Javelin XA825 was built as an FAW6 variant which didn't have reheat so that casts a little doubt on part of the story as I recalled it.
Were FAW6 variants subsequently modified to FAW8 or FAW9 standard? I can't find any reference to such updates on the www. Or perhaps some FAW6's had reheat added as a trial fit? According to
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...n/history.html, "a larger number of each mark were being used in various trials on such basic items as the weapons and engine fits, leading one to believe the Air Ministry had handed the RAF over to Gloster as one big Guinea Pig." So it's still possible that the report was correct.
Porrohman.