Aircraft Photo of WB518 | Fairey Firefly AS5 | Australia - Navy | AirHistory.net #203394
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WB518
Military Code:NW-903
Aircraft Original Type:Fairey Firefly
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairey Firefly
Aircraft Version:Fairey Firefly AS5
C/n (msn):F8646
Operator Titles:Australia - Navy
Location
City / Area:Griffith [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
 
Photo Date:July 1967
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 203394
Photo Comment

WB518 stored in Griffith in a trucking yard ahead of being mounted on a pole in the main street. It was taken down from the pole in 1991 and forward fuselage and centre section used to repair VH-HMW/WD828 which had crashed. The damaged parts from -HMW were patched and fitted to the rest of WB518, which was then returned to the pole. Repairs on -HMW were done in the US and it became N518WB. The owner considers the aircraft to be WB518, not WD828.

This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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