ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204011
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| Date: | Thursday 9 April 1953 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 |
| Owner/operator: | 870 Sqn RCN |
| Registration: | WG566 |
| MSN: | 41H-636293 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bedford Basin, near Halifax, Nova Scotia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WG566: Notified as awaiting collection 8/6/1951. Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) 11/6/1951. Transferred to RNAS Abbotsinch AHU early in August 1951. Delivered to RNAS Hal Far AHU 28/8/1951, and from there shipped to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for storage as "special reserve" from 28/11/1951. Into service with 870 Squadron Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 25/2/1952 as "BC-N" later "132"
Written off (destroyed) 9/4/1953: Collided at night with Royal Canadian Navy Grumman Avenger AS.3 91421 and crashed into hill near Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Pilot of both aircraft were killed. Pilot of Sea Fury WG566 was Lieutenant Robert Christie O'Neil, Royal Canadian Navy (aged 26). The pilot of the Avenger was Lieutenant F.G.Rice, RCN
NOTE: The official Royal Canadian Navy death record gives the place of death of the pilot as "Fairview, Nova Scotia"
Sources:
1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 10 April 1953, p1
2. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant et al, Air Britain, 2004 p.398)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG
4. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002435
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166199657/robert-christie-o'neil
Media:
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 serial number WG566 in Canadian service in 1952. This aircraft was destroyed in midair collision on 10 April, 1953.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2018 12:48 | TB | Added |
| 22-Aug-2020 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2020 16:42 | soucek56 | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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