Aircraft Photo of G-AGHB / WH589 | Hawker Sea Fury FB11 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #649478
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AGHB
Alternate Serial:WH589
Military Code:O-HB
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):41H/636336
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:DuxfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGSU   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Haydon-Baillie Collection
Event:Duxford Open Day 1974
 
Photo Date:23 June 1974
Photo by:Terry Dann
Photo ID: 649478
Photo Comment

Ormond Haydon-Baillie's Sea Fury in pseudo-RAF colours taxying in after displaying at the Duxford Open Day. Lodged with the Historic Aircraft Museum Collection at Southend after its North Atlantic ferry flight from Canada in November 1973. Registered as G-AGHB 9th May 1974 and moved to Duxford with Haydon-Baillie's other aircraft, CT-133s G-OAHB and G-WGHB. Written off in forced landing in Germany June 1979. Wreck to USA in 1983. Believed to have been registered as N985HW. Rear fuselage used in rebuild of composite comprising parts from VX715, WJ290 and WH589 as N4434P. Adopted ID of WH589.

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