ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183090
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 February 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly TT.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Esk.722, Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | 64-628 |
| MSN: | F.6168 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Esbjerg (EBJ) -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly TT.1 64-628: Ex-FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) PP457. Transferred to RCN (Royal Canadian Navy) charge on 1/6/1946. Service with 825 Squadron RCN on HMCS Warrior, and 826 Squadron on HMCS Magnificent. Withdrawn from service after landing accident on board HMCS Magnificent 17/11/1949.
Struck off charge 30/6/1952 upon sale to the Flyvevåbnet after conversion to Firefly TT.Mk.1. Taken on charge by Esk.722 for target towing duties from 15/7/1952.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/2/1957 when crashed at Esbjerg, Denmark
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrows & Lee Howard, Air Britain, 2004 p.248)
2. http://www.milfly.dk/pdf/firefly.pdf
3. https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/album%20dk.pdf page 211
4. http://www.ipms.dk/IPMS-nyt/IPMS-Nyt_66.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2016 20:33 | TB | Added |
| 11-Jan-2016 15:46 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 01-Sep-2020 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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