| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | WM859 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fairey Firefly |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairey Firefly |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairey Firefly U8 |
| C/n (msn): | F.8914 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Manchester - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGCC IATA: MAN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | April 1954 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 8289 |
| Photo Comment |
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Newly built Firefly U.8 at Ringway shortly before its first flight on 7 April 1954. Painted in the red/yellow drone scheme and delivered to RAE Aberporth on 21 July 1954. Crashed on landing at Llanbedr on 3 May 1957 and scrapped. This photo is copyright © R.A.Scholefield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 September 2017, and has since been viewed 261 times. |