ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48638
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| Date: | Friday 21 December 1956 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly T.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 861 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst |
| Registration: | U-16 |
| MSN: | F.6277 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, near Zuiderhoofd, off Scheveningen -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) |
| Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Firefly T.2 U-16: Built for the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) as Firefly Mk.1 PP603. Sold to Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy) and handed over at HMS Vulture, RNAS St. Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall on 18/6/1946. Taken on charge by 861 Sqn, Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy) on 26/6/1946 as F-23
In mid-1951 converted to T.Mk.2 by Aviolanda, and reserialled U-16.
Written off (destroyed) 21/12/1956: Crashed into the North Sea a few hundred meters from the Zuiderhoofd off Scheveningen, Netherland. Both crew - LTZ2 CFA Linck and HVGMR3 ZM S. Weijma - were killed
Sources:
1. Het Parool 22-12-1956
2. http://www.veteraneninstituut.nl/media/med_view.asp?med_id=227
3. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-f/vliegtuigen-f-fairey-firefly
4. http://www.flashie.nl/MLD/MLD_nietwaar.html
5. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=653:fairey-firefly-uk&lang=en&Itemid=549&showall=1&limitstart=
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheveningen
7. ORB 681 Sqn MLD
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2008 08:33 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-May-2019 22:30 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 30-May-2019 09:02 | Cobar | Updated [Registration] |
| 13-Sep-2020 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2020 11:11 | TB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Sep-2020 11:12 | TB | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2022 11:35 | Cobar | Updated [Location] |
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