Incident Hawker Sea Fury FB.51 6-24,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47736
 
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Date:Friday 4 March 1955
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic FURY model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Sea Fury FB.51
Owner/operator:3 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst
Registration: 6-24
MSN: 6291
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Valkenburg NAS, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Valkenburg NAB (NL)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Sea Fury Mk.51 '6-24' of 3 Squadron, Royal Netherlands Navy. Fokker built 25 FB.Mk.51 under license at their Schiphol factory near Amsterdam, these were delivered between July 4, 1951 and February 25, 1952. The aircraft were given serials 6-23 to 6-47 (c/n 6290-6314), and were also used by No.3 Squadron as fighter bombers and later as advanced trainer. Delivered July 4, 1951 (one of three from the first production batch, all delivered to Valkenburg the same day).

Written off March 4, 1955 when crashed at Valkenburg, Netherlands

Sources:

1. http://wings-aviation.ch/34-Nederland/2-Aircraft/Hawker-SeaFury/Fighter.htm
2. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-h/642-hawker-fmk50-en-fbmk6051-seafury-uk?
3. https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Damen/9414.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
21-Aug-2020 20:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Aug-2020 07:43 Angel Dick one Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
13-Sep-2020 19:26 soucek56 Updated [Operator, Source, Operator]
12-Jun-2022 14:08 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
13-Jun-2022 03:49 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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