Date:	Tuesday 14 October 1952
Time:	08:40
Type:	Fairey Firefly F.1
Owner/operator:	1 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst
Registration:	P-6
MSN:	F.6195
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Tafelberg -   Curaçao
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Hato, Curacao
Destination airport:	Hato, Curacao
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Firefly F.Mk.1: Built to order for FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) by Fairey Aircraft at Hayes, Middlesex, as PP484, and first flown at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire. To HMS Owl, RNAS Fearn, Tain, Scotland, and handed over to the Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy) at RNAS Fearn on 29/1/1946. Serialled "F-6" initially, then later (from 25/8/1947) as "K-6", then (by 17/9/1948) "11-6" and finally "P-6". Operated by 1 Squadron MLD at Curacao

Written off (destroyed) 14/10/1950: Midair collision between Fairey Firefly P-6 and Firefly P-30 over Tafelberg, Curacao. Both aircraft crashed; the pilot of one of these aircraft died in the accident.

1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.249)
2. Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden 14-10-1952
3. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-f/vliegtuigen-f-fairey-firefly
4. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/neth/mld/types/fireflyF1.htm
5. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=653:fairey-firefly-uk&lang=en&Itemid=549&showall=1&limitstart=
6. http://www.wings-aviation.ch/34-Nederland/2-Aircraft/Fairey-Firefly/Firefly.htm
7. https://www.nederlandseluchtvaart.nl/forums/showthread.php?36449-Fairy-Firefly-K-3-4-6-en-7-van-860-Sq&p=58599

Unidentified Fairey Firefly (possibly 11-6) FR.1 of 861 Sqn, Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy), photographed at Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands 17-09-1948:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Dec-2008 08:33	ASN archive	Added
03-Feb-2020 10:20	Cobar	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
03-Feb-2020 10:25	Cobar	Updated [Registration]
05-Sep-2020 23:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Sep-2020 20:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
21-Sep-2020 11:03	TB	Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-May-2022 04:59	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]