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Date: | Monday 14 January 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Fairey Firefly FR Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 766 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | Z2030 |
MSN: | F.5604 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Helmsdale, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Destination airport: | HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fairey Firefly FR.1 Z2030: "208/LM" 766 squadron FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. Written off (destroyed) 14/1/1952. Ditched due to engine failure close to the shore near Helmsdale, Sutherland, Highlands (at approximate co ordinates 58.12°N 3.66°W). Pilot survived - Lieutenant R.S.L. Buckingham picked up by a fishing boat, the m.v. "Silver Rocks"
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrows & Lee Hoard, Air Britain, 204 p.227)
2.
https://www.faaaa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Firefly-Flypast_2016_09-pp18.pdf 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmsdale#World_War_II_and_after Media:
Fairey Firefly FR.1 Z2030 at Ringway Airport, Manchester (MAN/EGCC) 1 April 1946:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Sep-2020 18:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Sep-2020 19:16 |
Apen |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |