| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | DK545 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fairey Firefly |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairey Firefly |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairey Firefly FR1 |
| C/n (msn): | F.7776 GAL F.8/12794 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Ottawa - RockcliffeMap |
| Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYRO IATA: YRO Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Canada Aviation and Space Museum |
| Photo Date: | 20 September 2014 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 43468 |
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This Firefly was built in Hanworth, England in 1945 and TOC by No. 825 Squadron, RCN in Nov. 1946. The following year it was transferred to No. 826 Squadron and served for the next two years in Nova Scotia and Manitoba, as well as on HMCS Warrior and HMCS Magnificent before storage and being sold to the Ethiopian AF in 1954. It was rescued from open storage at Asmara, Eritrea in 1993 and now resides in the Reserve Collection of the Canada Aviation Museum. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 February 2018, and has since been viewed 222 times. |