ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180417
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| Date: | Friday 8 June 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly T.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 765 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | DK557 |
| MSN: | F7789 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Helston, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall (EGDR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly T.2 DK557: Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) on or before 1/1/1946 to RNAS Culham RDU. First issued for service to 766 Squadron RNAS Rattray near Crimond, Aberdeenshire 7/3/1946. Damaged 30/4/1946 in a landing accident at RNAS Rattray when wingtip hit ground and undercarriage collapsed. Pilot - Sub Lieutenant J R S Overbury uninjured.
To Fairey Aircraft at Ringway, Manchester for repairs 13/5/1946. Next recorded to have sustained a burst tyre while taxiing at RNAS Culham 28/3/1947. Pilot - Lieutenant G. Dunworth uninjured. Reported in service 814 Squadron FAA RN in June 1947. Then withdrawn again to RNAS Culham RDU later in 1947 before being issued on 10/11/1947 to 796 Squadron at HMS Vulture, RNAS St.Merryn, Cornwall as "237/MF"
Returned to manufacturers - Fairey Aircraft at Heaton Chapel, Stockport on 2/5/1950 for conversion to Firefly T.Mk.2. First flown as such at Ringway Airfield, Manchester 2/4/1951. Next issued for service 24/7/1952 to 781 Squadron, HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire as "237/LP"
Withdrawn from service and stored at RNAY Belfast from 29/1/1955. Next issued for service 25/5/1956 to 765 Squadron, FAA RN as "724/CU" at HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/6/1956: Swung off runway on take off from RNAS Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall causing the undercarriage to collapse. Pilot - Lieutenant P J Beresford - was uninjured.
Withdrawn to RNAS Culdrose ARS for damage assessment. Authorised to be reduced to spares and produce at AHU RNAS Culdrose 21/6/56; Struck off charge as Cat.ZZ 4/8/56. Total flying hours on airframe: 809.45
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrows & Lee Howard, Air Britain, 2004 p 232)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
3. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/nos11.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2015 18:20 | TB | Added |
| 21-Jul-2016 22:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2020 20:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2020 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2020 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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