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Fairey Firefly/WB271



Serial #: WB271
Construction #: F.8497
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  AS Mk. 5
  TT Mk. 5
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 2003

History:
Delivered to Royal Australian Navy as WB271.
- BOC: Mar. 1953.
- SOC: 1965.
- To Bankstown, NSW, Mar. 3, 1965.
RN Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Feb. 8, 1966-1972.
- Shipped to UK on carrier HMS Victorious, Apr. 1967.
FAA/Royal Navy Historic Flight, RNAS Yeovilton, Sept. 21. 1972-2003.
- Destroyed in fatal crash at airshow, July 12, 2003.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
BBC News.
Warbird Information Exchange.
Photo Source(s):
Unknown

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