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Date: | Thursday 30 June 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Fairey Firefly FR Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 827 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | HMS Triumph, at Sea off Singapore -
Singapore
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Sembawang, Singapore |
Destination airport: | HMS Triumph, ar sea off Singapore |
Narrative:Fairey Firefly FR.Mk.1 "282/P" of 827 Squadron FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy). Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30/6/1949: Nosed over wires and hit arrester barrier on landing aboard HMS Triumph while the carrier was at sea off Singapore. Pilot - Lieutenant M.J.Baring - slightly injured, but the Firefly was written off as Cat.ZZ on 30/6/1949.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.300)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2020 18:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Sep-2020 20:52 |
Yety |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |