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Serial #: WH588 Construction #: 41H/636335 Civil Registration: VH-BOU N588 G-EEMV |
Model(s): Fury FB Mk. 11 Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2006 |
History:
Delivered to RAN as WH588.
- BOC: March 7, 1952.
- SOC: September 23, 1963.
- Arrived as deck cargo on HMAS Sydney, March 1952.
Lord Tefgarne, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW, November 1963.
Fawcett Aviation, Bankstown, NSW, 1963-1969.
- Registered as VH-BOU, November 1965.
- Modified as target tug.
Arnold J. Glass, Sydney, NSW, 1971-1972.
Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa, CA, April 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. |
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