JORGE A. DIETSCH MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 5528. Fairey Firefly AS.Mk.6 (NX518WB c/n F.8646)
Photographed at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, USA, October 14, 2004, by Jorge Dietsch

Fairey Firefly AS.Mk.6

08/12/2006. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was delivered to the Royal Australian Navy as WB518, with the c/n F.8646. Only the fuselage is still original from F.8646, all flying surfaces are from other Firefly's. These parts were replaced eighter in operational service or after the restoration in the nineties.

Painted to represent an aircraft (coded 201/K) as based on the Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney while on duty off the Korean coast during the Korean War."


Created August 12, 2006