Date:	Monday 14 January 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Firefly FR Mk I
Owner/operator:	766 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	Z2030
MSN:	F.5604
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Helmsdale, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire
Destination airport:	HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Firefly FR.1 Z2030: "208/LM" 766 squadron FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. Written off (destroyed) 14/1/1952. Ditched due to engine failure close to the shore near Helmsdale, Sutherland, Highlands (at approximate co ordinates 58.12°N 3.66°W). Pilot survived - Lieutenant R.S.L. Buckingham picked up by a fishing boat, the m.v. "Silver Rocks"

1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrows & Lee Hoard, Air Britain, 204 p.227)
2. https://www.faaaa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Firefly-Flypast_2016_09-pp18.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmsdale#World_War_II_and_after

Fairey Firefly FR.1 Z2030 at Ringway Airport, Manchester (MAN/EGCC) 1 April 1946:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Sep-2020 18:08	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Sep-2020 19:16	Apen	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]