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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 |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1 May 2025 |
Photo by: | Russell Legg |
Photo ID: | 804731Submit Correction |
View count: | 55 |
Firefly WB518 was mounted on the pole at Griffith around 1970. In 1991, following the 1987 crash of Firefly VH-HMW/WD828, it was removed from the pole so the centre section and forward fuselage could be used in the restoration of HMW. In return, parts from the crashed aircraft would be made suitable for static display and WB518 returned to the pole. HMW was sold in the US before the project as finished. The new owner decided the aircraft he had was WB518, not WD828, and the data on the FAA register for N518WB is for WB518. Both WB518s have major parts from the original aircraft.
Registration / Serial: | WB518 |
Aircraft Version: | Fairey Firefly AS5 |
C/n (msn): | F8646 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1 May 2025 |
Photo by: | Russell Legg |
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 |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1 May 2025 |
Photo by: | Russell Legg |
Photo ID: | 804731Submit Correction |
View count: | 55 |
Firefly WB518 was mounted on the pole at Griffith around 1970. In 1991, following the 1987 crash of Firefly VH-HMW/WD828, it was removed from the pole so the centre section and forward fuselage could be used in the restoration of HMW. In return, parts from the crashed aircraft would be made suitable for static display and WB518 returned to the pole. HMW was sold in the US before the project as finished. The new owner decided the aircraft he had was WB518, not WD828, and the data on the FAA register for N518WB is for WB518. Both WB518s have major parts from the original aircraft.
Registration / Serial: | WB518 |
Aircraft Version: | Fairey Firefly AS5 |
C/n (msn): | F8646 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 1 May 2025 |
Photo by: | Russell Legg |
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 |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 25 April 2010 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
Photo ID: | 35088Submit Correction |
View count: | 217 |
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.
Registration / Serial: | WB518 |
Aircraft Version: | Fairey Firefly AS5 |
C/n (msn): | F8646 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 25 April 2010 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
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 |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 25 April 2010 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
Photo ID: | 35088Submit Correction |
View count: | 217 |
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.
Registration / Serial: | WB518 |
Aircraft Version: | Fairey Firefly AS5 |
C/n (msn): | F8646 |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
City / Area: | Griffith / Visitor Information Center [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 25 April 2010 |
Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |