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No. 13605. Fairey Firefly Mk.II (Y-3 c/n F.1491) Belgian Air Force
Photograph from Fairey, taken at Hayes, Middlesex, UK, ca. July 10, 1931
Aeroplane Photo Supply (APS) Photo No. 419

Fairey Firefly Mk.II

01/15/2019. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "A total of 88 Firefly Mk.IIs were built by The Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd. of Hayes, Middlesex. The first 25 were built and flown in the UK and were allotted the c/n F.1489 to F.1513 and Belgian serials Y-1 to Y-25. Another 63 were built in Belgium by Avions Fairey at Gosselies, Belgium, these were allotted the c/n A.F.5001 to A.F.5063 and serials Y-26 to Y-87. One aircraft, in the c/n range A.F.5022 to A.F.5030, was not given a serial as that was sold to the USSR. Pictured is the third Firefly Mk.II for the Belgian AF, shortly before the transfer flight to Belgium on July 10, 1931."

Read the type remarks on page 11988.


Created January 15, 2019