ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241367
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 796 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WM771 |
| MSN: | F.8864 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Helston, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall (EGDR) |
| RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall (EGDR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly AS.7 WM771: Built by Fairey Aircraft Ltd., at Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, and built as a Firefly T.7. First flown at Ringway Airport, Manchester 29/1/1953. Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) at HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland, 5/2/1953.
First issued for service 10/6/1953 to 796 Squadron, FAA RN at HMS Vulture, RNAS St. Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall as "368/MF" and later "368/SR". Moved with squadron to HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall on 9/2/1954, and recoded "368/CU" later "768/CU".
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5/6/1956: Crew experienced a "rough running" of the engine on takeoff from HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall. Aircraft completed a circuit of Culdrose, and made a "straight in" emergency landing with misfiring engine. The crew of three - Lieutenant C.R.V.Doe, Sub Lieutenant R.I.Kilby and Midshipman E.C.Dutton - were uninjured.
Damaged aircraft withdrawn from RNAS Culdrose AHU for damage assessment on 16/11/1956. Aircraft deemed to be "beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge the next day (17/11/1956); Authorised to be RTP (Reduced to Spares and Produce) same day and broken up at Culdrose
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrows & Lee Howard, Air Britain, 2004
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2020 17:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Sep-2020 19:15 | Apen | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Operator] |
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