ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311316
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| Date: | Friday 23 April 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury TF Mk 10 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE |
| Registration: | TF898 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
Hawker Sea Fury TF898: Fourth production Sea Fury, of the first production batch of 50 (TF895-TF928, and TF940-TF955). To CS(A) (Controller Supplies (Aircraft)) charge at Hawker Aircraft, Langley, Berkshire on 25.9.1947 for Trials Installations of larger elevator and tailplane. To "C" Squadron, A&AEE Boscombe Down, Wiltshire for short term-loan (brief handling trails of larger elevator and tailplane).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23.4.48 on a test flight from Boscombe Down. The aircraft was engaged in a series of handling tests and glide approaches. On approach, the pilot stalled the Sea Fury from an altitude of 10 feet agl (above ground level); the aircraft landed heavily, and the undercarriage was buckled. Although the Sea Fury was repairable, it was not repaired and eventually scrapped.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.388
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. Sea Fury TF898, deck landing trials on HMS Victorious 1947: https://www.alamy.com/an-early-hawker-sea-fury-x-tf898-during-sea-trials-aboard-hms-victorious-image504785232.html and https://www.alamy.com/an-early-hawker-sea-fury-x-tf898-during-sea-trials-aboard-hms-victorious-image504785278.html
5. A&AEE Boscombe Down ORB 1-1-48 to 31-1-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1216: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100926
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Boscombe_Down#Cold_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2023 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-May-2023 08:21 | Nepa | Updated |
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