ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241427
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 December 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly U.8 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WM858 |
| MSN: | F.8913 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardigan Bay, NW of RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) |
| RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly U.8 WM858: Ordered from Fairey Aircraft Ltd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire as a Firefly AS.7, but completed as a Firefly U.8 drone. First flown as such at Ringway Airport, Manchester 26/3/1954. Delivered to RAE Aberporth 21/7/1954.
Returned to Fairey Aircraft Ltd at Ringway Airport, Manchester for rectification work. Upon completion of this work, delivered to HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn RDU, Cumberland 23/3/1955. Returned to Fairey Aircraft at Ringway Airport, Manchester for overhaul 31/1/1956. Upon completion of this work, delivered to RAE Llanbedr 17/11/1956
Written off (destroyed) 19/12/1956: Crashed into Cardigan Bay, North West of RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd aft remote ground control lost.
Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.ZZ on 30/1/1957.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.299)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM
3. Firefly U.8 WM858 (and WM859) at Ringway, Manchester 18/7/1954: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/18341/WM858
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1322800
6. https://www.airliners.net/photo/UK-Navy/Fairey-Firefly-U8/2021064/L
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2020 17:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Sep-2020 17:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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