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| Date: | Thursday 21 June 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly U.8 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WM895 |
| MSN: | F.8950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) |
| RAE Llanbedr, Gwynedd (EGOD) |
Fairey Firefly U.8 WM895: Ordered from Fairey Aircraft Ltd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire as a Firefly AS.7, but completed as a Firefly U.8 drone, and first flown as such 13/7/1954 at Ringway Airport, Manchester
Placed into short term storage at Fairey Aircraft, Ringway Airport, Manchester from 22/7/1955 until delivered to RAE Aberporth GWTW (Guided Weapons Trials Wing) 26/3/2956. Operated out of RAE Llanbedr for missile target trials over Cardigan Bay.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/6/1956: Stalled on final approach and crash short of the runway at RAE Llanbedr, near Harlech, Gwynedd. Aircraft deemed beyond economical repair, and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) 30/10/1956. Authorised to be RTP (Reduced to Spares & Produce) at Llanbedr in November 1956.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain,2004 p.300)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM
3. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_fairey_firefly_U8.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2020 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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