ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241390
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| Date: | Friday 29 March 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly U.8 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WM862 |
| MSN: | F.8917 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tremadog Bay, 1½ miles off St.Tudwals Islands, near Abersoch -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| 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 WM862; Ordered from Fairey Aircraft at Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire as a Firefly AS.7, but completed as a Firefly U.8 drone. First flown as such 16/4/1954 at Ringway Airport, Manchester.
After completion of test flight programme, placed into short term storage at Ringway Airport. Manchester from 2/7/1954, until 21/10/1954 to HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland. in 1955-56, shuttled back and forth between Fairey Aircraft, Ringway Airport, Manchester and HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland five times for modifications and storage as follows:
26/1/1955: Fairey Aircraft, Ringway Airport, Manchester
25/4/1955: HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland
6/12/1955: Fairey Aircraft Ringway Airport, Manchester
1/06/1956: HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn TDU, Cumberland
5/12/1956: Fairey Aircraft, Ringway Airport, Manchester (modifications)
Finally issued for service to RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd 4/3/1957. Written off (presumed destroyed) 29/3/1957 crashed into Tremadog Bay, 1½ miles off St.Tudwals Island (at a bearing of 259 degrees from Llanbedr Airport) after ground radio control was lost.
The reported crash location of Saint Tudwal's Islands (Welsh: Ynysoedd Tudwal) are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end of Tremadog Bay. There are two main islands: Saint Tudwal's Island West (Welsh: Ynys Tudwal Fawr)(52°47′56″N 4°28′18″W) and Saint Tudwal's Island East (Welsh: Ynys Tudwal Fach) (52°48′19″N 4°27′43″W), plus the Carreg y Trai rocks.
Firefly U.8 WM862 was formally Struck Off Charge on 3/4/1957
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanbedr#Airport
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Tudwal%27s_Islands
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2020 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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