ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241874
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| Date: | Monday 6 February 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 796 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WK348 |
| MSN: | F.8828 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Helston, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall (EGDR) |
| RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall (EGDR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly T.Mk.7 WK348: First of 26 Firefly AS.7 (WK348-WK373) ordered 21/11/1950 to Contract 6/Acft/5111/CB.9(a). Built by Fairey Aircraft at Hayes, Middlesex, and first flown at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) at HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland 9/3/1953. First issued for service 13/7/1953 to 796 Squadron FAA RN at HMS Vulture, RNAS St, Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall as "374/SR". Moved with squadron to HMS Seahawk RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall on 9/2/1954 and recoded "374/CU" later "774/CU".
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/2/1956: Damaged by a bird strike on the port tailplane during a low level tracking exercise at 1,000 feet on a sortie from HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. Both crew - Lieutenant R.G. Wilson (pilot) and Midshipman R.M.Lemmon (Observer) - were uninjured.
Firefly WK348 was withdrawn from service and delivered 27/11/1956 to RNAMY (Royal Navy Aircraft Maintenance Yard) at Belfast for damage assessment and possible repairs. Instead, deemed "beyond economical repair" and struck off charge as Cat.ZZ on 5/12/1956. Authorised to be RTP (Reduced to Spares) and broken up as spares in December 1956 at Belfast
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.297)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
3. http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/203/9/4#20
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=463
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2020 22:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Sep-2020 19:39 | db | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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