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Date: | Thursday 9 June 1949 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Fairey Firefly FR Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 861 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst |
Registration: | 11-63 |
MSN: | F.8259 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Valkenburg NAS, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fairey Firefly FR.4: Built new for the Marine Luchtvaartdienst (MLD) and handed over to 861 Squadron MLD on 26/8/1947 at Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands. Coded "K-63" later "11-63"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/6/1949: Engine failure shortly after take-off from Valkenburg Naval Air Station, aircraft made an emergency landing near Katwijk and was wrecked in the crash impact. Made an emergency landing in the dunes after engine failure during take-off near Katwijk. Pilot LTZ E. Duinker unharmed, Sgtvl.maker AAM Rietveld slightly injured.
Sources:
1. Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant 10-06-1949
2.
http://www.flashie.nl/MLD/MLD_nietwaar.html 3.
https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-f/vliegtuigen-f-fairey-firefly 4.
https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=653:fairey-firefly-uk&lang=en&Itemid=549&showall=1&limitstart= 5.
http://www.wings-aviation.ch/34-Nederland/2-Aircraft/Fairey-Firefly/Firefly.htm Media:
Unidentified Fairey Firefly FR.1 of 861 Sqn, Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy), photographed at Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) on 17-09-1948:
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harro |
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23-Mar-2019 19:35 |
Cobar |
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11-Sep-2020 21:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
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Dr. John Smith |
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Dr. John Smith |
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21-Sep-2020 11:02 |
TB |
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12-Jun-2022 14:06 |
Ron Averes |
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Ron Averes |
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