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Hawker Sea Fury F.B.11 'VX730' RAN AWM 2004

From 'Warbirds Online' website: Several Hawker Sea Fury’s from the RAN survive in Australia and the subject of our story today is FB.11 VW232 coded 100. This aircraft was delivered to the RAN in the UK on 25 May 1949, however shortly after delivery to 805 Squadron it was operating off HMAS Sydney on a gunnery training exercise when it was hit by fire from another Sea Fury and forced to land at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland. The damage to the aircraft was so severe that the aircraft was deemed to be beyond economical repair and it was converted to a ground training aircraft and transported to RAN NAS Nowra for use as an instructional airframe. At some stage parts of another RAN FB.11, TF925 “110” were used to rebuild VW232.

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