Aircraft Photo of WB518 | Fairey Firefly AS5 | Australia - Navy | AirHistory.net #35088
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WB518
Other Marks:K/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 / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
 
Photo Date:25 April 2010
Photo by:Phil Vabre
Photo ID: 35088
Photo Comment

This is one of those tricky ones! The original WB518 was built for the RAN and delivered in 1950. In 1965 it was delivered to Bankstown for disposal and eventually bought by the town of Griffith, NSW, as a war memorial and mounted on a pole in the centre of town. After VH-HMW/WD828 crashed in 1987, WB518 was removed from its pole and the forward fuselage and centre-section was used to rebuild WD828. The corresponding bits from WD828 were used to reconstruct WB518, and it was re-mounted on its pole.

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

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