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Post Accident Photos
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Serial #: WD828 Construction #: F.8656 Civil Registration: VH-HMW Model(s): AS Mk. 6 TT Mk. 6 Name: None Status: Static Display Last info: 1992 |
History: Delivered to Royal Australian Navy as WB828. - BOC: Dec. 1950. - SOC: 1965. - To Bankstown, NSW, Mar. 3, 1965. Moorabin Air Museum, Melbourne, Victoria, Feb. 18, 1967-1982. - Trucked to Essendon, Victoria, July 21, 1973. - Rebuild to airworthy started. Michael B. Wansey, Newcastle, NSW, 1982-1989. - Registered as VH-HMW. - Rebuild completed, Ballarat, Victoria. - First flight, Sept. 28, 1984. - Flew as WD828/271K/Mickey's Mouse. - Crashed during forced landing, near Camden, NSW, Dec. 4, 1987. Classic Aviation Pty Ltd, Bankstown, NSW, Feb. 1989-1991. - Arrived, Jan. 1990. - Rebuilt using parts from WD518, Bankstown, NSW. - Rebuilt for static display. Returned Services League, Griffith, NSW, 1991-1992. - Displayed on pole. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. |
Photo Source(s): John Parker Research Assistance: - |
