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Date: | Wednesday 9 March 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 |
Owner/operator: | 871 Sqn RCN |
Registration: | WM473 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sea off HMCS Magnificent, Cow Bay, Nova Scotia -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMCS Magnificent, Cow Bay, Nova Scotia |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WM473: Delivered 19/8/1952 to Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. Re-delivered 1/12/1952 to Royal Canadian Navy on board HMCS Magnificent. Known service was with 871 Squadron (a.k.a. VF-871) Royal Canadian Navy.
Written off (destroyed) 9/3/1952: Caught fire in flight and crashed into the sea off HMCS Magnificent at Cow Bay, Nova Scotia. Pilot - Sub Lt J.V. Searle - escaped injured.
Sources:
1. The Daily News (St. John's) 11 March 1955, p1
2. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant et al, Air Britain, 2004 p.407)
3.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM 4.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCN_Sea_Furies.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Feb-2018 21:18 |
TB |
Added |
25-Jul-2020 18:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2020 21:06 |
Yarbi |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |