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Firefly WD833 & WD840 flying just off the coast of Sydney, Australia.
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Serial #: WD833 Construction #: F.8661 Civil Registration: N833WD |
Model(s): AS Mk. 6 Firefly Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2014 |
Delivered to Royal Australian Navy as WD833.
- BOC: December 1950.
- WFU: September 19, 1956 - Assigned to RAN Base Hastings, Victoria, 1960.
-- Gate Guard.
R.H. Grant Scrap Metals, Melbourne, Victoria, September 1960-1967.
- Displayed at Grant scrapyard Notting Hill as WD833/910/NW.
- Displayed at car yard, Northcote, Melbourne, 1967.
Tom B. King, Melbourne, Victoria, 1968-1970.
Berwick Museum of Transport, Berwick, Victoria, 1972-1974.
- Stored in open, unrestored.
Sir W.J.D. Roberts/Strathallan Aircraft Collection, Scotland, December 1974-1981.
- Stored in unrestored condition.
E. Nick Grace, St. Merryn, Cornwall, 1981-1984.
- Stored at St. Merryn along with parts from VT409.
Ward Wilkins/Unlimited Aero, Fort Collins, CO, Aug. 1984-1988.
- Shipped from Southhampton to USA, April 16, 1986.
Henry J. Schroeder III, Danville, IL, 1988-1994.
- Registered as N833WD, November 1989.
- Restoration to airworthy started.
Wally Fisk/AMJET Services Inc, St Paul-Anoka County, MN, January 25, 1994-1998.
- Stored.
Amjet Services Inc, Anoka County, MN, August 22, 2000-2001.
Steve Alex, Rockport, ME, August 2001-2012.
- Stored in barn in original RAN markings, pending restoration.
Len Parker, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, 2014.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. |
Photo Source(s): Australian Fleet Air Arm Museum Collection Research Assistance: - |
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