ADF-SERIALS
Australian
& New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials &
History
RAN N3 Fairey Gannet AS.1 & T.2
| Aircraft Serial | Const No. | Type | RAN Codes | Delivered | Aircraft History |
| WN456 | F.9202 | AS.1 | 433/B, 312/Y, 811/M, 884/M, 815/M | 08/05/56 |
816 Sqn. Ditched fatal 23/03/65 off HMAS Melbourne. A/Sblt(P) G.Hutchinson RAN LT(O) Bessel-Browne & LAUC K.Ryan. Aircraft on landing on HMAS Melbourne caught number 4 wire, hook broke and A/C trickled off angled flight deck and went into sea. Pilot lost but remainder of crew safe.
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| WN457 | F.9203 | AS.1 | 434/B, 436/B, 433/Y, 310/Y, 313/Y, 436/Y, 816/M, 887/NW | 08/05/56 |
Ditched 25/04/63 816 Sqdn S/Blt(P) Dennett RAN. Port engine exploded after catapult launch from HMAS Melbourne. Aircraft ditched and crew rescued unhurt. |
| WN458 | F.9204 | AS.1 | 435/B, 314/Y, 434, 313 | 08/05/56 |
725 Sqdn. Crashed fatal 15/10/59, Aircraft failed to maintain height on single engine landing at RANAS Nowra. Crashed and caught fire. ASLT(P)A.L Mauritz RAN Killed. Reduced to components. |
| WN459 | F.9205 | AS.1 | 436/B, 434/B, 313 | 08/05/56 |
817 Sqn, Crashed Fatal 10/11/55 in sea near Isle of Wright. Crew of Lt(O) D Padget RAN SBLT(P) J.P Van Gelder RAN and ACMN(T) N.J Self killed |
| XA326 | F.9218 | AS.1 | 432/B, 311/Y, 825/M, 880/NW, 853/M | 08/05/56 |
First Gannet to fly at Nowra with
817Sqd Senior pilot LCDR Wade-Brown RAN coded as
311. Damaged 11/8/56 LEUT Rowe(P) RAN and a
passenger N.Dobbs of 817 Squadron on HMAS
Melbourne whilst carrying out catapults and
arrested landings on HMAS Melbourne suffered a
nose oleo collapsed on catapult. Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for firefighting HMAS Albatross. |
| XA327 | F.9219 | AS.1 | 426/B, 305/Y, 880/NW, 890/NW, 884/NW, 852/M | 08/05/56 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, Used for firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XA328 | F.9220 | AS.1 | 425/B, 304/Y, 827/M | 08/05/56 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, Scrapped 1968. |
| XA329 | F.9221 | AS.1 | 424/B, 973/NW, 829/M, 814/M, 819/M | 08/05/56 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, Sold 30/04/68.
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| XA330 | F.9222 | AS.1 | 423/B, 302/Y, 882/NW | 08/05/56 |
Crashed 20/02/1961, Nowra NSW. 725 Sqdn Lt(P) G.O'Day RAN Left undercarriage down during a single engine flypast. Stalled and landed in trees, crew unhurt. Reduced to components.
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| XA331 | F.9223 | AS.1 | 422/B, 301/Y, 824/M, 859/M | 08/05/56 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for
firefighting HMAS Albatross. On display Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra QLD.
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| XA332 | F.9224 | AS.1 | 421/B, 421/Y, 300/Y | 08/05/56 |
816 Sqn, Crashed 30/01/59 Miranda Sydney. Tail assembly failed in flight. Fatal. Aircraft had just been accepted from factory at Bankstown. 816Sqdn test Pilot LRUT(P) Peter Arnold RN killed. Crashed near caravan park in Miranda NSW
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| XA333 | F.9225 | AS.1/T.2 | 431/B, 310/Y, 857/M, 877/M | 08/05/56 |
Converted to T.2. Damaged 21/02/61 Nowra. Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XA334 | F.9226 | AS.1 | 308/Y, 313/Y, 832/Y, 860/M | 08/05/56 |
Damaged during barrier landing on
HMAS Melbourne. 6/67. Single engine failure on catapult launch. Pilot declared an emergency and obtained permission to fire off the 8 rockets on the wings. The flaps were still in take off configuration and the rocket blast blew off both outboard flaps and severely damaged the remaining flaps. This caused a higher than normal landing speed, arrestor hook failed to pick up a wire and aircraft crashed into safety barrier. Not economically repairable Withdrawn from service. Currently located at the Camden Museum of Aviation This is a privately owned collection and is not open to the public. . Click here for a fine series of photographs of XA334 from Danielle and Steve Long |
| XA343 | F.9235 | AS.1 |
309/Y, 315/Y, 307/Y, 881/M 844/? |
08/05/56 |
817 Sqn. Damaged 17/02/58, wheels up landing on HMAS Melbourne. Lt (P) M.Astbury 817 Sqdn RAN undercarriage would not lower. Crew uninjured. Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for firefighting HMAS Albatross. Struck off 02/11/70.
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| XA350 | F.9242 | AS.1 | 316/881/817 | 08/05/56 |
817 Sqn. 1/11/56 made the first live Mk 30 torpedo drop in the RAN near Manus Island whilst being flown by LCDR(P) Gledhill,LEUT(O) Palmer & SBLT(O) Selsmak RAN. Damaged 27/08/59. 816 Sqn. Ditched 16/03/63, off HMAS Melbourne near Manus Island. Flight control lost after engine relight. Crew LT(P) J Smith RAN LT(O)I.Lawson & Observer P.Hancox rescued & returned to HMAS Melbourne.
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| XA351 | F.9243 | AS.1 | 305/Y, 831/M, 816/M | 08/05/56 | Sold for Scrap 30/03/67. |
| XA356 | F.9248 | AS.1 | 829/M | 08/05/56 |
816 Sqn. Crashed 30/03/60 on landing on HMAS Melbourne. Flown by Lt P McNay RAN 816 Sqdn. Aircraft sank on approach and struck round down, port mainplane sheared off at root and aircraft came to rest on it side. Aircraft a write off.
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| XA359 | F.9251 | AS.1 | 303/Y, 306/Y, 309/Y, 315/M, | 08/05/56 |
816 Sqdn Flown by Lt(P) Roland RAN
Ditched 09/05/60 off HMAS Melbourne. Single engine failure on being catapulted. Ditched ahead of the ship. Crew safe. |
| XA389 | F.9259 | AS.1 | 303/Y, 306/Y, 880/M, 814/M, 315/M | 08/05/56 |
Sold for Scrap 30/03/67.
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| XA403 | F.9273 | AS.1 |
311/Y, 831/M |
08/05/56 |
Served with 817 Sqn. Damaged in marshaling accident aboard HMAS Melbourne 07/1961 Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XA434 | F.9304 | AS.1 | 830/M, 810/M, 846/M | 08/05/56 |
Flew with 725 , 816 and 817
Squadron RAN. Withdrawn 15/08/67. On display Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra NSW.
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| XA436 | F.9306 | AS.1 | 306/Y | ? |
Ditched 17/06/58 off HMAS
Melbourne. Pilot LtCdr Payne RAN Senior Pilot 816 Sqdn and crew rescued safely |
| XA514 | F.9334 | T.2 | 878/M, 854/M | 08/05/56 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67,T2 Trainer. Flown by Lt(P) Cabban RAN 724 Sqdn coded 791 on 13/11/1956. Aircraft suffered an engine overspeed, engine shut down but not feathered. Propeller disced on landing beside runway. U/C not locked down. Pilot error. Used for firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XA517 | F.9337 | T.2 | 876/M, 855/M | 08/05/56 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for
firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XD898 | F.9327 | AS.1 | 826/M, 811/M, 847/M | 1957 | Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for firefighting HMAS Albatross. |
| XG784 | F.9352 | AS.1 | 810/M, 811/M, 828/M | 09/58 |
Damaged 01/61 during landing. Flown by CO 816 Sqdn L/Cdr T Dadswell on the night of the 10/2/1964,whilst doing touch and go landings on the carrier HMAS Melbourne, the pilot witnessed an explosion on the port bow of HMAS Melbourne this was the collision with the destroyer HMAS Voyager which sank with loss of life. Aircraft remained airborne and relayed SAR instructions to HMAS Albatross. Sold for Scrap 30/03/67.
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| XG785 | F.9353 | AS.1 | 833/M, 813/M | 09/58 |
Sold for Scrap 30/03/67.
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| XG787 | F.9355 | AS.1 | 818/M, 828/M | 1957 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for
firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XG789 | F.9357 | AS.1 | 811/M, 841/M | 09/58 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67. Sold to AARG, On display Moorabbin Air Museum, VIC.
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| XG791 | F.9359 | AS.1 | 812/M, 813/M | 09/58 | Sold for Scrap 30/03/67. |
| XG792 | F.9360 | AS.1 | 813/M | 09/58 |
816 Sqn. Coded 813 Crew Lt(P) D.Farthing RAN LT(O) G.Bessel-Browne RAN & POACM McCreanor. Ditched 02/02/65, off HMAS Melbourne near Kiama NSW. Both Engines failed after launch. Some wreckage recovered to HMAS Albatross. Crew returned safely to HMAS Melbourne.
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| XG795 | F.9363 | AS.1 | 813/M, 826/M, 811/M, 814/M, 815/M | 09/58 |
816 Sqdn. Coded as 815, 10/01/1964 LEUT(P)P Adams RAN and crew made a wheels up landing on the bomb bay doors at NAS Nowra,HMAS Albatross, when the undercarriage would not come down. Sold for Scrap 30/03/67. |
| XG796 | F.9364 | AS.1 | 812/M, 882/M, 858/M | 09/58 |
816 Sqn. Crashed 24/02/66 Lt(P) Fyfe RAN. Whilst carrying out his first night deck arrested landing on HMAS Melbourne, took his wave off too late catching six and came to a stop hanging over the port side by the wire. Crew rescued and hauled back onboard. Aircraft cut off and dropped into sea Jervis Bay NSW.
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| XG825 | F.9367 | AS.1 | 813/M, 843/M | 09/58 |
Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for
firefighting HMAS Albatross.
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| XG826 | F.9368 | AS.1 | 810, 813, 817 | 09/58 | Withdrawn 15/08/67, used for firefighting HMAS Albatross. |
| XG888 | F.9417 | T.2 | 09, 58 | 09/58 |
Returned to Royal Navy and
converted to T.5. Returned to Fleet Air Arm Museum Nowra NSW. Was displayed in Royal Navy scheme but has since been restored to RAN scheme.
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| Tail Code or Deck Letter | Ship or Establishment | Period |
| B | HMAS Melbourne/RNAS Culdrose | 1955 - 1956 |
| Y | HMAS Melbourne | 1956 - 1957 |
| M | HMAS Melbourne | 1957 - 1970 |
| NW | RANAS Nowra |
Our listing is not complete as far as recording allocations of side numbers and there are some Gannets with half a dozen different side numbers listed
We also have the same side number appearing on many different Gannets.
There are some side numbers shown in photos that we don't show allocated to any Gannet.
We are trying our best to update these records as we receive information confirming tie ups between serials and side numbers
The Authors of this page are Darren Crick, Brendan Cowan and Martin Edwards.
Source: Australian Aviation Magazine, Gannet Survivors Web Page, UK Serials Website.
Emails: Michael St John-Maby, Joe Barr, Bob Geale, Brendan Cowan, Phil Thompson, 'Judwin", John Bennett, Dave Masterson
Updated 3rd February 2020
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