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Fury/VZ345



Serial #: VZ345
Construction #:
  ES.8503
Civil Registration:
  D-FATA
  D-CATA
Model: Fury T Mk. 20S
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002
  History:
Hawker-Siddeley Aircraft Ltd, Langley, 1957-1958.
Deusche Luftfahrt-Beratungsdienst, Bonn, Sept. 16, 1958-1974.
- Registered as D-FATA.
- Registered as D-CATA, 1970.
- Withdrawn from use and displayed, Bonn-Koln, 1974.
Presented to RAF as VZ345, Oct. 1974.
RAF/Aeroplane & Armamnet Experimental Establishment, RAF Boscombe Down, UK, Oct. 15, 1974-1992.
- Flew as VZ345/CH/22.
- Crashed RAF Boscombe Down, Apr. 17, 1985.
- Wreck stored, RAF Boscombe Down, 1985-1992.
- Loaned to RN Historic Flight, NAS Yeovilton, 1992-2002.
-- Arrived dismantled, Nov. 1992.
-- Stored.
-- Trucked to Brough to become spares airframe for rebuilf of VR930, June 1994.
- Returned to Yevilton and stored, 1997-2002.

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.