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Fury FB Mk. 11/VW647



Serial #: VW647
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  Fury FB Mk. 11
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2002

History:
Delivered to RAN as VW647
- BOC: March 1949.
- SOC: November 15, 1959.
- Arrived as deck cargo on HMAS Sydney, May 25, 1949.
National Building Technology Centre, Ryde, Sydney, January 15, 1959-1969.
- Used as wind machine to test building materials.
Ed Fleming/Skyservice Aviation, Camden, NSW, June 1969.
Camden Museum of Aviation, Camden (later Narellan), NSW, October 1969-2002.
- Restored for static display as VW647/127K.
- First engine run, October 1976.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
None.

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