| RAN/RN Serial |
RAN Code |
Type |
Delivered |
Aircraft History |
| TF925 |
110/JR |
|
25/05/49 |
07/11/49, Reduced to Spares and produce.
It is possible some of this aircraft lives on with VX730 at the Australian War Memorial. |
| VW232 |
100/K |
FB.11 |
25/05/49 |
805 Sqdn 24/49.
Whilst being flown by 805 Sqdn Senior Pilot LEUT(P) Cunningham during gunnery practise on a splash target the aircraft was sprayed with 20mm ball shot by his number two. The aircraft was ordered to land at Lossiemouth where it was found to be a write off.
Ground instructional airframe 30/03/51,NAS Nowra.
Rebuilt in RAN service using rear fuselage, outer wings and stern post of TF925.
To Australian War Memorial, Canberra displayed on carrier deck diorama as RAN VX730/109K.
|
| VW543 |
105/K |
|
|
RN aircraft loaned to RAN
Served aboard HMAS Sydney.
|
| VW582 |
111/K |
|
|
RN aircraft loaned to RAN
Served aboard HMAS Sydney.
|
| VW622 |
101/K |
|
25/05/49 |
16/07/52, being flown by the Commanding officer of 805 Squadron while doing a low level roll practising aerobatics for an Air Day it crashed on the runway at RANAS Nowra killing the pilot LCDR(P)D.R Hare, RAN.
|
| VW623 |
108/K
102/K |
FB.11 |
25/05/49 |
Construction number 41H/613993
Withdrawn as Gate Guard HMAS Albatross 1965 to 1972. Marked as 102K.
To Naval Aviation Museum, Nowra 1974-1995.
RAN Historic Flight Nowra 1996 to 2002. Registered as VH-NVS.
|
| VW624 |
103/K
131/K |
|
25/05/49 |
08/01/54, Spares and Produce. |
| VW625 |
104/K
112/K |
|
25/05/49 |
06/03/59, Sold to T.Carr & Co. for scrap.
|
| VW626 |
105/K |
|
25/05/49 |
04/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
 |
| VW627 |
106/K |
|
25/05/49 |
04/02/52, Spares and Produce.
|
| VW629 |
|
|
25/05/49 |
01/10/65, Fire Fighting -Struck Off Charge (SOC). |
| VW630 |
|
FB.11 |
25/05/49 |
26/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VW631 |
110/K |
|
25/05/49 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap. |
| VW632 |
102/K
108/K |
|
25/05/49 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr & Co for scrap. |
| VW634 |
105/K
107/K |
|
25/05/49 |
Damaged 12/11/55 whilst with 805 Sqdn RAN.
Wheels up landing at Camden NSW.
Fire Fighting S.O.C. |
| VW635 |
114/K |
|
25/05/49 |
02/11/56, Sold for scrap. |
| VW636 |
115/K
165/K
165/Q |
|
25/05/49 |
02/11/56, Sold for scrap. |
| VW637 |
116/K |
|
25/05/49 |
26/09/60, Sold to A.L Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VW638 |
117/K
167/K |
|
25/05/49 |
Damaged 13/10/54, Nowra.
18/10/55, Spares and produce.
|
| VW639 |
118/K |
|
25/05/49 |
Damaged 13/02/54, HMAS Melbourne.
15/11/55, Spares and produce at RANAS Schofields. |
| VW640 |
101/K
119/K |
|
25/05/49 |
18/5/53,aircraft written off after having crashed on take off from airfield at HMAS Albatross Nowra when the engine failed.
Pilot LEUT(P)Bolton RAN severely injured.
Reduced to spares and produce.
|
| VW642 |
106/K
109/K
121/K |
|
25/05/49 |
26/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VW643 |
124/K |
|
25/05/49 |
03/59 Sold to T Carr & Co for scrap |
| VW644 |
123/K |
|
25/05/49 |
02/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VW645 |
107/K
109/K |
|
25/05/49 |
On Tuesday the 30/08/55 the aircraft whilst being flown by LEUT(P)J.R Bluett RN in company with Sea Fury WZ-650 was credited with the shooting down of a pilotless Auster J/4 Archer aircraft into the sea off Broken Bay. The aircraft had a yellow "Kill" symbol representing the Auster painted onto the fuselage.
04/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
|
| VW646 |
103/K
110/K
117/K |
|
25/05/49 |
22/11/50,the pilot LEUT(P) W.G Bowles RAN on having an engine failure bailed out 9.5 miles from RANAS Nowra landing in a tree.
A passing motorist cut him down unhurt.
The aircraft crashed and was destroyed nearby. |
| VW647 |
100/K
127/K |
|
25/05/49 |
15/11/59, Sold to Experimental Building Station, Ryde, NSW,
Currently located at the Camden Museum of Aviation
This is a privately owned collection and is not open to the public.
|
| VW648 |
112/K |
|
25/05/49 |
17/07/51, Ditched in sea off HMAS Sydney by LEUT Goldrick, RAN. |
| VW660 |
120/K
972/NW |
|
25/05/49 |
04/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
|
| VX627 |
100/K
161/K |
|
1950 |
25/10/56, Sold to A. G. Simms for scrap.
|
| VX661 |
126/K |
|
1950 |
02/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VX687 |
115/NW |
|
|
Very little information on VX687 except our photo showing RAN tiles and codes.
Maybe RN aircraft loaned to RAN?
Scrapped at Gosport, UK 04/51 after a forced landing
|
| VX707 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
14/2/58,with 805 Sqdn RAN, birdstrike during low level cross country exercise.
Firefighting . S.O.C. |
| VX724 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
11/11/1951 808 Sqdn HMAS Sydney. Did not lower hook and entered No2 barrier on touchdown.
29/07/54, Spares and produce. |
| VX725 |
100/K |
|
10/12/50 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap. |
| VX726 |
101/K |
|
10/12/50 |
29/12/53, the aircraft on being launched from HMAS Sydney crashed into the sea ahead of the ship killing the pilot SBLT(P) Beardsell,RN of 850 Squadron.
|
| VX727 |
102/K |
|
10/12/50 |
08/62,Fire Fighting -S.O.C. 10/65 |
| VX728 |
103/K |
|
10/12/50 |
22/10/51, LEUT(P) Knapstein, RAN. Hit bt flak and force landed onto a mud flat on the South bank of the HAN River.
Rescued by a boat from HMS Amethyst.
|
| VX729 |
132/K |
|
10/12/50 |
09/12/55, Spares and produce. |
| VX730 |
100/K
109/K |
|
10/12/50 |
18/6/57,with 805 Sqdn RAN, engine failure and forced landing onto Currarong Beach NSW.09/03/59,
Sold to NSW Department of Education
Sea Fury marked VX730 on display in the Australian War Memorial.
Some parts of this machine could be from TF925 and VW232.
|
| VX748 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
During exercises aboard HMAS Sydney in the Hervey Bay area Lt Campbell of 808 Squadron did not flare out on landing and crashed into No.2 barrier. The aircraft flipped over and the pilot suffered superficial head injuries and shock. The aircraft was a complete write off
01/11/51, Spares and produce.
SOC 10/12/51
|
| VX749 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
14/06/62, Fire Fighting - S.O.C. |
| VX750 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
20/01/56, Spares and produce. |
| VX751 |
106/K |
|
10/12/50 |
10/09/52,the pilot SBLT(P) Ian McDonald, RAN, had an engine failure and force landed on an airstrip at Cape Gloucester, New Guinea, pilot uninjured.
Aircraft later salvaged and reduced to spares.
|
| VX752 |
105/K
131/K
951/K |
|
10/12/50 |
14/06/52, Fire Fighting. S.O.C. |
| VX753 |
132/Q |
|
10/12/50 |
16/09/54,this aircraft spun in from low level at Jervis Bay airfield killing the pilot LEUT(P)R.G Owen RN |
| VX754 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
03/05/51, Crashed into sea after RATOG take off from HMAS Sydney. LEUT(P)R.W Barnett, RAN killed. |
| VX755 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
08/02/56, Spares and produce. |
| VX756 |
100/K
164/K |
|
10/12/50 |
01/10/65, Fire Fighting - S.O.C. |
| VX757 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
26/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VX758 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
19/04/58,aircraft had an engine failure ditched and pilot LEUT(P) Williams, RN rescued. |
| VX759 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
02/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap. |
| VX760 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap. |
| VX761 |
131/K |
|
10/12/50 |
11/09/51,Oil pressure dropped and pilot elected to land on HMAS Sydney on transit to Korea.
Engine failed downwind with wheels and flaps down.
Aircraft ditched.
LEUT(P) Webster,805 Sqdn RAN - rescued. |
| VX762 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
17/05/53, Mid-air with a Tiger Moth over Wagga airfield
LCDR(P) Wilde, DFC,Commanding Officer of 850 Squadron RAN killed.
(Tiger Moth occupants unhurt.)
|
| VX763 |
133/K |
|
10/12/50 |
20/02/56, Spares and produce. |
| VX764 |
134/K |
|
10/12/50 |
17/12/51, Shot down over Korea.
LCDR(P) Bowles, RAN-hit by AA fire and bailed out.
Rescued by a friendly junk and conveyed to an island where he was picked up by a helicopter and returned to the ship. |
| WE673 |
103/K
135/K |
|
10/12/50 |
04/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap. |
| WE674 |
103/K,
105/K |
|
10/12/50 |
05/11/51,LEUT(P) Clarkson, DFM, RAN killed.
Aircraft failed to pull out of a dive whilst attacking enemy transport in the Han river area, Korea.
|
| WE675 |
137/K |
|
10/12/50 |
23/4/57 whilst with 805 Sqdn at NAS Nowra tail wheel broke off on landing and aircraft swung of runway.
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap. |
| WE676 |
138/K |
|
10/12/50 |
08/02/56, Spares and produce. |
| WE677 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
11/12/51 damaged when with 805 Sqdn HMAS Sydney flared out late, bounced between Nos 2 and 3 wires and entered No 2 barrier.
16/04/52, Fire Fighting -S.O.C. |
| WE678 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
26/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap. |
| WE679 |
|
|
10/12/50 |
07/12/51, Shot down in Korea . SBLT(P) Smith, RN rescued. |
| WE686 |
|
|
1950 |
02/01/51,launched from HMAS Sydney on a Carrier Air Patrol during the Korean war SBLT(P)R.J Coleman,RAN disappeared from his formation.
He was not found and and presumed missing, killed in action. |
| "WE729" |
115/K |
|
|
This is not a valid RAN serial or aircraft but included for reference only.
This was VH-HFX an ex-Iraqi Fury FB.10 c/n 37534
Later carried "WH589"
|
| WE790 |
|
|
|
RN aircraft loaned to RAN during Korean War
c1951 diverted to US Marine base with battle damage.
NB. There is uncertainty about the validity of this story when more facts come to light
|
| WE791 |
|
|
1950 |
26/07/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap. |
| WE795 |
|
|
1951 |
07/12/51, Shot down by AAA over Korea.
SBLT(P) Sincliar RN killed whilst bailing out. His body recovered by helo and buried at sea. |
| WE796 |
|
|
1951 |
25/10/51, Shot down in Korea LEUT(P) Wheatley, RAN rescued. |
| WE797 |
106/K |
|
1951 |
13/12/51, Shot down in Korea. SBLT(P) Cooper ,RAN bailed out and rescued. |
| WE799 |
105/K
?/NW |
|
1951 |
Crash landed at Nowra on 22/8/55 engine failure on takeoff.S/LEUT(P)Henry RAN 805 Sqdn
25/10/60, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
|
| WF591 |
|
|
1951 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap. |
| WF593 |
|
|
1951 |
26/09/53, Sold To Aluminium Ingots for scrap. |
| WG627 |
|
|
1952 |
26/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap. |
| WG628 |
920/NW |
|
1952 |
06/03/59,Attached to 723 Sqdn.
On the 22/11/55 and whilst being flown by LEUT(P)T Branson RAN the aircraft suffered a total engine failure over the Australian Alps.The aircraft glided to canberra airfield where a successful and safe landing was made. A rare green(Commendation) entry was made in appendix C of the pilots log book.The RAN accident report No 448 shows the cause as a "Defect in the Control System"
Sold to T, Carr for scrap. |
| WG630 |
|
FB.11 |
1952 |
15/11/59, Experimental Building Station, Ryde, NSW, 1959-1986. Used as wind machine to test building materials.
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, 1986.
Naval Aviation Museum, Nowra NSW 1987 to 1991.
RAN Historic Flight for restoration to airworthy.
|
| WH581 |
111/K
111/NW
922/NW |
|
1952 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
|
| WH583 |
171/K |
|
1952 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap. |
| WH586 |
|
|
1952 |
12/04/56, Crashed Nowra SBLT(P) Howe, RAN of 724 Squadron killed when returning from a night flying sortie.
He dove into the ground near airfield. |
| WH587 |
105/K |
|
1952 |
BOC 07/03/52
SOC 23/09/63
Sold to G Grieg of Sydney 1963-64
Lord Tefgarne 1964
Shipped to USA 1964
Grant Weaver, San Jose CA 1965-67
Registered N260X. Pylon race number 33
Stan Booker Fresno CA 1967
James R. Fugate, Aurora, OR 1969
Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA 1971-1972.
Westernair of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, 1972
Ellsworth Getchell, San Jose,CA 1975 to present
|
| WH588 |
114/NW |
FB.11 |
1952 |
Brought on charge 7/03/52.
Struck off charge 23/09/63 then became VH-BOU, N588, G-EEMV
Crashed 12/05/2001 Sywell UK, killing the owner & pilot Paul Morgan.
The wreckage is under restoration by Dan Borgstrom in Sweden
|
| WH589 |
115/NW |
FB.11 |
1952 |
Brought on charge M7/03/52.
Struck off charge 23/09/63.
Now in USA. Aircraft is highly modified for air racing and flies as "Furias".
Owned by Bill Rogers and Dale Stolzer of "Everett" Washington USA.
There are two other examples of Fury/Sea Fury wearing these same markings
The first was an ex-Iraqi Fury registered VH-HFX in 1985. It was exported to UK in 1991 returning to Australia in 2011 as VH-ORN. It has since returned to Europe.
The second is an ex-Royal Navy Sea Fury currently registered F-AZXJ. It has no Australian connection. See below for details on these two aircraft.
|
| WH590 |
104/K
894/NW |
|
1952 |
1961, Fire Fighting - S.O.C. |
| WJ279 |
101/K
102/K |
|
1953 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap. |
| WJ284 |
102/K
163/K |
|
1953 |
26/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap.
|
| WJ294 |
102/K |
|
1953 |
15/03/54, Ditched. LEUT(P) Brettingham-Moore, RAN rescued. |
| WJ297 |
955/NW |
|
1953 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap. |
| WJ299 |
105/K
110/K |
|
1953 |
14/06/62, Fire Fighting - S.O.C. |
| WM479 |
106/K |
|
1953 |
14/06/62, Fire fighting - S.O.C. |
| WN480 |
|
|
1953 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap. |
| WM481 |
|
|
1953 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap. |
| WM482 |
|
|
1953 |
26/10/56 Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap |
| WM490 |
|
|
1953 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
|
| WZ642 |
102/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
With 805 Sqdn 15/05/55 when being flown by LEUT(P)R Leeson RAN while landing this aircraft at the Griffith Air Show WZ642 ran into and cut off the tail of Sea Fury WZ-652.
9/12/55 sold to A.G Simms for scrap. |
| WZ643 |
113/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for spares. |
| WZ644 |
101/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
21/07/55, Flying locally from RANAS Nowra LEUT(P) Leeson, RAN of 805 Squadron crashed into Beecroft Range and was killed.
|
| WZ645 |
102/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
14/6/57, Whilst with 805 Sqdn,and being flown by LEUT(P) Davidson RAN, engine overspeed, forced landing on Currarong Beach NSW,aircraft caught fire.
24/03/58, Spares and produce at Nowra.
|
| WZ646 |
103/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
20/10/55, Crashed into sea off Wreck Bay LEUT(P) Henry,RAN of 805 Squadron killed. |
| WZ647 |
104/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
04/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap. |
| WZ648 |
105/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
25/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap. |
| WZ649 |
106/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
31/07/58, Fire Fighting -S.O.C. |
| WZ650 |
107/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
06/03/59,Flown by LEUT(P)McNay RN of 805 Sqdn on Tuesday 30 August 1955, the aircraft in company with another Sea Fury from 805 Sqdn was involved in the shootdown of an Auster J/4 Archer aircraft that had taken off from Bankstown Airport without its pilot.
The Auster was shot down into the sea from a height of 10,000 approx 10 miles North east of Broken Bay.
Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
|
| WZ651 |
108/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap. |
| WZ652 |
102/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
14/06/57,With 805 Sqdn.
Sea Fury WZ-642 cut the tail off this aircraft whilst landing at the Griffith Air Show 15/05/55.
Written off 16/05/55
Sold for scrap 15/06/57.
|
| WZ653 |
109/K |
FB.11 |
27/05/54 |
02/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap. |
|
Other Sea Fury/Fury aircraft painted in RAN/FAA schemes.
These were not ex-RAN aircraft but were/are marked as such, they are included here for reference only.
|
| VH-HFA |
253/K |
FB.10 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury c/n 37703 imported by the late Guido Zuccoli.
Sold to and displayed by Ted Allen in an RAN scheme.
Exported to USA 1988
Registered N57JB
|
| VH-HFG |
308/K |
FB.10 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury c/n 37724
Imported by the late Guido Zuccoli .
Registered as VH-HFG, 9/11/83 and displayed in an RAN scheme (308/K)
Sold to Dick Janitell in 2006, arriving back at Saunders Aviation on 16/01/2007
Registered N45SF to Sonoma Valley Aircraft Inc, Glen Ellen, CA. USA
01/2018 delivered to Mier Motors, Germany for new owner Stefano Landi of Italy
|
VH-HFX
VH-ORN |
115/NW
107/Q |
FB.10 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury FB.10 c/n 37534
Imported by the late Guido Zuccoli
Registered VH-HFX 22/04/1985 and displayed in an RAN scheme. (115/NW)
Sold to Bruce Andrews of Melbourne
It first flew marked as WE729 and this was later changed to WH558
Exported to UK 1991
Registered G-BTTA to Ray Hanna at Duxford
Flew marked as Netherlands Navy 115 , Iraq 243, Royal Navy PR772 (107/Q) and VW238 (107/Q)
Exported to USA 2000. Registered NF103FD
Exported to South Africa 12/04/2001. Registered ZU-SEA
Returned to Australia and registered VH-ORN 6/04/2010 to Gus Lasard
Sold by Platinum Fighter to a European buyer, registration VH-ORN cancelled 17/05/2012
Reported to be in storage at Precision Aerospace, Wangaratta.
|
| VH-SHF |
114/O |
FB.10 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury FB.10 c/n 37723
Flew in New Zealand, registered ZK-SFR 11/02/87
Fitted with wing-folding mechanism from WG655, 1991
Imported 09/2000 from New Zealand and registered VH-SHF to Steve Hart of Archerfield Qld
Flew marked as Royal Navy WJ232 (114/O) wearing Korean War stripes
Impounded by Australian Federal Police
Sold O10/2018 to an Australian owner.
It will be heading to Pays Air Services at Scone for restoration to airworthiness after its twelve year sleep.
08/2019 arrived by semi-trailer to Pays at Scone
|
| VH-SFW |
361 |
T.20 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury c/n 37539
Previously registered N36SF (USA) and G-CBEL (UK)
Imported by David Warburton and displayed in an RAN scheme. (361)
Registered VH-SFW 26/11/2009
Based at Moree, NSW
Returned to air 04/2016 after its Bristol Centaurus engine was rebuilt
Noted in primer
Reported sold to Carolyn Grace at Duxford UK and being dismantled for shipping
|
| F-AZXJ |
115/NW |
FB.11 |
N/A |
ex-Royal Navy c/n 37733 (RN serial TF987)
Converted to two seater T.20 and exported to Iraq
Recovered in 1979 to USA and reconfigured as FB.11 Sea Fury Registered N56SF
Written off 2001. Rebuilt by Saunders Aviation and registered NX56SF 06/2009
Acquired by Christophe Jacquard in 09/2010
Registered F-AZXJ
Previously fitted with a Wright R3350 engine which suffered failure at 2015 Flying Legends Air Show.
In 03/2016 it flew again, now fitted with a Pratt and Whitney R2800
Despite wearing an Australian scheme this aircraft has never flown in Australia. |
| F-AZXL |
369 |
FB.11 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury c/n 37514
Recovered in 1979 to USA and reconfigured as FB.10 Fury by Lt Col Frank H. Mock and Michael H. Mock 1980 for international Ship and repair Inc
Registered N21SF to Willy Sanders 11/01/1988
Damaged 07/07/1990. A cable came apart and pilot was unable to select gear down
Rebuilt by Nelson Ezell and converted to Wright R3350 and four blade prop. Also with a second seat was added
Registration cancelled 18/04/2001
Exported to South Africa and registered ZU-WOW
Exported to France 2007 and registered F-AZXL to Frederick Akary
Despite wearing an Australian scheme this aircraft has never flown in Australia. |
| N51SF |
103 |
T.20 |
N/A |
c/n ES3613 ex-German Air Force 1963-67 Used as target tug
Registered D-CACE
Doug Arnolds Warbirds 1974-76 G-BCOV
Mike Stow 1976-85
Richard Drury California 1985-87 N613RD (flew marked as Royal NavyVX302)
Jerry C James 1987-94 registered N51SF
Rebuilt with Wright R3350
Raced as "Cottonmouth" race no. 20
Stan Misick 1994-1995.
John Diley/Fort Wayne Air Service 1997-2000.
Paul Z. Besterveld, 2000-2002
Stuart Aviation Inc, 2004-2006
Named "Conch Fury"
Cavanaugh Air Museum
Crashed Reno 20/08/2008 and written off
2010 acquired by Max Alpha Aviation of Bremgarten, Germany. Under restoration
Despite wearing an Australian scheme this aircraft has never flown in Australia.
|
| N71GB |
47
71 |
FB.11 |
N/A |
ex-Iraqi Fury c/n 37525
Recovered to USA 1979 registered N30SF
Fitted with Wright R-3350 engine, first flight 1990
Owned by Steve Patterson, named 'Southern Cross" Code 47
Registered N71GB
Code changed to 71
In 2011 the kangaroo in the roundel was replaced with a maple leaf therefore representing a RCAF aircraft
at this point, despite wearing an Australian scheme this aircraft had never flown in Australia.
Purchased by Paul Bennet Airshows in 2024 and flown in Australia as VH-HPG Southern Cross.
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