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Serial #: WH632 Construction #: F.8755 Civil Registration: C-GBDG |
Model(s): Firefly AS Mk. 6 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2012 |
History:
Delivered to Royal Australian Navy as WH632.
- BOC: June 1953.
- SOC: May 29, 1960.
Australian Air League, Marrickville, NSW, May 1960-1966.
Camden Museum Of Aviation, Camden, NSW, June 17, 1966-1978.
Canadian Warplane Heritage, Hamilton, Ontario, June 1978-2012.
- Shipped from Sydney to Canada, June 1978.
- Registered as C-GBDG.
- Rebuilt to airworthy, Hamilton, Ontario & Victoria, BC.
- First flight Victoria, BC, April 1992.
- Crashed on take-off for ferry flight from Victoria, May 6, 1992.
- Rebuilt to airworthy.
- First flight October 31, 1995.
- Marked as BD-G/VH142.
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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-4th Edition, 2003. David Maude |
Photo Source(s): Jim Buckel Mike Henniger. Paul Staight Research Assistance: - |
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