ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241717
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| Date: | Sunday 26 February 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly U.8 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WM898 |
| MSN: | F.8953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardigan Bay, 3.5 miles off Aberporth Beach, Ceredigion, Dyfed -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly U.8 WM898: Ordered from Fairey Aircraft Ltd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire as a Firefly AS.7, but completed as a Firefly U.8 drone. First flown as such at Ringway Airport, Manchester 7/10/1955.
Delivered to HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland 25/10/1955 for further short term storage. Returned to Fairey Aircraft, Ringway Airport, Manchester 9/11/1956 for modifications.
First issued for service to RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd on 22/1/1957.
Written off 26/2/1956: Expended as a missile target, took a direct hit from a Blue Jay Mk.1 AAM (Air-to-Air-Missile) over the Aberporth Ranges, and crashed into Cardigan Bay, three-and-half-miles off Aberporth Beach, Ceredigion, Dyfed.(Blue Jay Mk.1 entered service in 1957 with the RAF, where it was named Firestreak).
Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.ZZ on 7/3/1957
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. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_fairey_firefly_U8.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Firestreak#Blue_Jay
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2020 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Sep-2020 16:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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