ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241480
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 March 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly U.8 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WM888 |
| MSN: | F.8943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly U.8 WM888: 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 18/2/1955.
Placed into temporary storage at Ringway Airport, Manchester from 31/3/1955 until delivered to RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd on 8/6/1955
Written off (destroyed) 12/3/1957: Stalled on takeoff from RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd, and dived into the ground from an altitude of 300 feet. Remains formally Struck Off Charge 20/3/1957 as Cat.5(s). Sold for scrap to Minworth Metals Ltd., Castle Bromwich, Staffordshire by August 1958
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. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_fairey_firefly_U8.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2020 22:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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