ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157511
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| Date: | Friday 22 June 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | WH589 |
| MSN: | 41H-636335 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Osnabrück-Atterheide (EDWO) (NRW) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Osnabrück-Atterheide (EDWO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Delivered to RAN as WH589, BOC: Mar. 7, 1952. Withdrawn from use and delivered from Nowra NAS to Sydney-Bankstown for storage, Oct. 30, 1961. SOC: Sept. 23, 1963
Fawcett Aviation, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW, Sept. 23, 1963-1969.Open storage, 1963-1969. Sold to Lord Trefgarne, London, UK, but not collected Nov. 1963. To Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Vancouver, BC, Jan. 1969-1974. Shipped from Sydney to USA on USS Coral Sea, June 1970. Registered as CF-CHB.
Gear collapsed on landing, Reading, PA, June 14, 1971. Flew in camouflage as RAFWH589/ O-HB. Shipped from Vancouver to Southend,Nov. 23, 1973. To Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Southend, May 9, 1974-1978. Sold Spencer R. Flack, Elstree, 1979.
Crashed, Osnabruck, West Germany, June 24, 1979.
Angus McVitie, Cranfield, UK, acquired wreckage 1980. Craig Charleston, Colchester, UK,acquired wreckage 1990.
Sold to Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct. 1983-1999. Rebuilt and registered as N4434P. (Rebuilt as modified racer. Fitted with P&W R-4360 power plant. Complex composite rebuild from TF956, VX715 & WJ290 using parts from WH589. Assumed identity of WH589).
To Joe Clancy Aviation, Camarillo, CA, Apr. 24, 1997-2000.Registered as N985HW. To Bill Rodgers & Dale V. Stolzer/R&S Aero Displays, Everett-Paine Field, WA, July 19, 2000-2002.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1979.htm
2. http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregistry/fury-wh589.html
Images:
CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada 1972
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2013 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Jul-2013 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 22:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
| 28-Mar-2021 17:03 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
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