Date:	Thursday 9 June 1949
Time:	15:30
Type:	Fairey Firefly FR Mk 4
Owner/operator:	861 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst
Registration:	11-63
MSN:	F.8259
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Valkenburg NAS, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Firefly FR.4: Built new for the Marine Luchtvaartdienst (MLD) and handed over to 861 Squadron MLD on 26/8/1947 at Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands. Coded "K-63" later "11-63"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/6/1949: Engine failure shortly after take-off from Valkenburg Naval Air Station, aircraft made an emergency landing near Katwijk and was wrecked in the crash impact. Made an emergency landing in the dunes after engine failure during take-off near Katwijk. Pilot LTZ E. Duinker unharmed, Sgtvl.maker AAM Rietveld slightly injured.

1. Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant 10-06-1949
2. http://www.flashie.nl/MLD/MLD_nietwaar.html
3. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-f/vliegtuigen-f-fairey-firefly
4. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=653:fairey-firefly-uk&lang=en&Itemid=549&showall=1&limitstart=
5. http://www.wings-aviation.ch/34-Nederland/2-Aircraft/Fairey-Firefly/Firefly.htm

Unidentified Fairey Firefly FR.1 of 861 Sqn, Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy), photographed at Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) on 17-09-1948:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Nov-2008 10:15	ASN archive	Added
27-Feb-2012 13:50	harro	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
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