ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241384
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| Date: | Thursday 20 June 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly U.8 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WM823 |
| MSN: | F.8900 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) |
| RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly U.8 WM823: Ordered from Fairey Aircraft Ltd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire as a Firefly T.7, but completed as a Firefly U.8. First flown as such at Ringway Airport, Manchester 24/1/1954. Placed into temporary storage at Ringway Airport, Manchester from 1/2/1954 until ferried to Fairey Aircraft at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire on 1/9/1954.
Returned to Fairey Aircraft at Ringway Airport, Manchester by/on 21/5/1955. First issued for service 27/5/1957 to RAE Llanbedr
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/6/1957 when crashed on landing at RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd. Aircraft sustained Cat.5(c) damage, and formally Struck Off Charge 15/8/1957 at Llanbedr. Reportedly sold for scrap to Unimetals Ltd, Failsworth, Manchester
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.299)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2020 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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