| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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. It was added on 26 January 2018, and has since been viewed 182 times. |