ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241369
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 November 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 719 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WM801 |
| MSN: | F.8878 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, off Portstewart Strand, County Londonderry -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly T.Mk.7 WM801: Built by Fairey Aircraft Ltd, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, completed 27/2/1953. First flown at Ringway Airport, Manchester 2/4/1953. Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) 4/5/1953 to HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland.
First issued for service 2/9/1953 to 719 Squadron FAA RN at HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland as "326/GN". Damaged at RNAS Eglinton 30/3/1954 when canopy jettisoned during fast taxiing at RNAS Eglinton. Pilot - Lieutenant S.W.Salway - uninjured.
Repaired on site and returned to service
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2/11/1956 due to engine failure, when engine lost power and began to intermittently cut out. Aircraft ditched into the Atlantic Ocean, off Portstewart Strand, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Both crew - Lieutenant P.J.W.Broadhurst (pilot) and Naval Airman P.R.Brown (Observer) survived the ditching with only minor injuries, and both were rescued. One was rescued by a helicopter from Eglinton, and the other by a fishing vessel (although it is not known which crew member was rescued by which means).
Firefly WM801 formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.ZZ on 9/11/1954.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portstewart_Strand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2020 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Sep-2020 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Sep-2020 19:18 | Apen | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Operator] |
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