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Fairey Firefly TT1 (Z2033) Repainted to portray the markings of 'Evelyn Tentions'

1944 - construction number F5607, built at Hayes 30/04/1944 - to 15MU at Wroughton 03/1945 - to 731 NAS at Easthaven 09/08/1945 - taxiing accident, starboard wing struck MT vehicle (pilot S/Lt RE Patterson RN) 08/1945 - to Fairey Aircraft at Hamble for repairs 08/10/1945 - to Fairey Aircraft at Ringway 01/04/1946 - test flown after repair (pilot - Albert Eyskens) 29/05/1946 - flew as G-6-3 as a flying mock-up and spin clearance aircraft in the Firefly trainer programme (pilot - F/Lt Sam Moseley) 23/09/1946 - commenced spin trials (pilot - F/Lt Sam Moseley) 08/08/1947 - to Boscombe Down for service spinning trials, before returning to Ringway 09/1947 - returned for further spinning trials at Boscombe Down 10/1947 - returned to Ringway 28/05/1948 - test flown (pilot - Sam Moseley) 05/06/1948 - flown to White Waltham (pilot - Sam Moseley), used in various trials including that of a one piece hood 15/02/1949 - to Svensk Flygtjanst in Sweden to act as a target tug with registration SE-BRD (pilot - Peter Twiss) 16/03/1964 - cancelled from the Swedish register 05/05/1964 - flown to Skyframe Museum at Staverton from Gothenburg (pilot - Tage Paller) and registered G-ASTL 1978 - to Imperial War Museum at Duxford 25/07/2000 - to FAAM by road and put in Cobham Hall 26/09/2000 - brought over from Cobham Hall and put in restoration hangar 14/11/2000 - placed on display in Hall 2 23/06/2005 - taken off display and transferred to Cobham Hall store

2012 - on display at FAAM
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Fleet Air Arm Museum. RNAS Yeovilton. Somerset

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Author Ian Kirk from Broadstone, Dorset, UK
Camera location51° 00′ 56.17″ N, 2° 38′ 13.5″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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