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Serial #: WH588 Construction #: 41H/636335 Civil Registration: VH-BOU N588 G-EEMV Model: FB Mk. 11 Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to RAN as WH588. - BOC: Mar. 7, 1952. - SOC: Sep. 23, 1963. - Arrived as deck cargo on HMAS Sydney, Mar. 1952. Lord Tefgarne, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW, Nov. 1963. Fawcett Aviation, Bankstown, NSW, 1963-1969. - Registered as VH-BOU, Nov. 1965. - Modified as target tug. Arnold J. Glass, Sydney, NSW, 1971-1972. Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa, CA, Apr. 1972-1997. - Registered as N588. - Damaged in forced landing near Santa Rosa, May 5, 1974. - Damage repaired. - Flew as #16/RAN WH588/16K/Baby Gorilla. Paul Morgan/Ilmore Engineering Ltd, UK, 1997. - Delivered from Santa Rosa, CA to Galveston, TX, July 15, 1997. - Shipped to UK. Paul J. Morgan, Sywell, UK, De. 1997-2002. - Registered as G-EEMV. - Flew as RAN WH588/16K/Baby Gorilla. - Overturned during landing, Sywell, UK, May 12, 2001. -- Morgan fatally injured. Dan Borgstrøm, Karlskoga, Sweden, 2006. - Undergoing restoration. |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006. T J Johansen via Warbird Information Exchange (WIX) |
Photo Source(s): David Tanner. |
