Date:	Friday 18 April 1958
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Firefly TT Mk 1
Owner/operator:	Svensk Flygtjänst A/B
Registration:	SE-CAW
MSN:	F.6121
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Spånghult's Farm, Liatorp, Älmhult -   Sweden
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Firefly TT.Mk.1 SE-CAW: Ex-FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) Firefly F.Mk.1 PP392. Second of 200 aircraft ordered 17/7/1943 to Contract B.103375/40, with serials between PP391 to PP660. History was as follows:

01/01/1946: With 766 Squadron FAA RN at RNAS Inskip
20/01/1946: 766 Squadron FAA RN at RNS Rattray (until at least 31/3/1946)
01/02/1947: With 741 Squadron, HMS Vulture, RNAS St. Merryn
01/01/1949: With RNARY (Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard) Fleetlands
21/02/1949: With 737 Squadron FAA RN
01/05/1949: Station Flight HMS Illustrious as "202/FD" (until at least 30/06/1949). THe code "202/FD" indicated that the aircraft was shore-based at HMS Peregrine, RNAS Ford, Yapton, Arundel, West Sussex when not aboard HMS Illustrious
30/07/1949: To HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland
14/11/1949: Shipped to HMS Falcon, RNAS Hal Far, Malta on board HMS Glory
01/01/1950: At HMS Falcon, RNAS Hal Far AHU (Aircraft Holding Unit) in long term storage
30/06/1951: Shipped back to the UK on board the Canadian Aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent
13/04/1951: Received by RNARY (Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard) Fleetlands for further long term storage
12/01/1952: To 827 Squadron FAA RN at HMS Peregrine, RNAS Ford, Yapton, Arundel, West Sussex (as "202/FD")
20/05/1952: To 813 Squadron FAA RN as "292/J" aboard HMS Eagle
14/08/1953: To RNAS Anthorn AHU for short term storage
17/09/1953: To RNARY (Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard) Fleetlands for long term storage (until at least 31/05/1954)
31/05/1955: Sold to Fairey Aircraft Co Ltd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire and converted to Fairefly TT.Mk.1
08/06/1955: Formally Struck Off Charge by FAA RN
26/08/1955: First flown as Firefly TT.Mk.1
12/09/1955: Sold to Svensk Flygtjänst A/B (purchase price £8,500)
01/03/1956: Allocated Swedish civil registration SE-CAW
13/03/1956: Registration C of R # 1084/450 Svensk Flygtjänst AB, Stockholm
18/04/1958: Accident, Liatorp, Älmhult, gear up landing in marshland area following engine failure. Belly landing on Spånghult's Farm after engine stopped. Repaired and returned to service.
28/02/1963: Accident, Stabbofjärdens, landed on frozen ice, Stockholms skärgård, emergency landing due to engine problems
17/05/1964: Delivered to Malmö Tekniska Museum, Malmö
03/06/1964: Registration Cancelled at owner's request
22/01/1979: Exchanged with FVM> Moved to Ljungstedts Gym. ( FTC), Linköping, premises for planned restoration.
17/05/2006: Transported Malmen-Karup, Denmark for 'restoration'. Deposited Dansk Veteran Flymuseum/Flyvevåbnets Historiske Samling for an 'indefinite' period”. Static display in overall bright yellow, and Danish markings as "64-629" (which crashed 14/1/1957)

1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 pp.245-246)
2. https://www.expressen.se/gt/kultur/planet-tappade-propellern-over-goteborg
3. http://www.arnoldstechart.se/secaw.htm
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/SE-CAW
5. https://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3530
6. https://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/611286/se-caw-sweden-air-force-fairey-firefly-tt-1/
7. SE-CAW after accident 28/2/1963: http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-2/126-1.jpg
8. https://www.flygvapenmuseum.se/samlingar/tottes-flygblogg/udda-faglar-i-flygvapenmuseums-samlingar/ ..

Fairey Firefly TT.1 target tug aircraft of Svensk Flygtjanst AB Stockholm after modification to its new role by Fairey Aviation at Manchester Airport in September 1955

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Feb-2011 12:45	Masen63	Added
31-Aug-2020 22:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
31-Aug-2020 22:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Sep-2020 17:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]