Dates

Event

Constructed as a Sea Fury T.20.

9 October 1951

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WG655.

27 April 1957

To Hawker Siddley Aviation with new c/r G-9-65.

To Deutsche Luftfahrt Beratungsdienst with new c/r D-CACU.

29 June 1976

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WG655.

3 September 1977

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Sea Fury T.20 of the Royal Navy Historic Flight on display at the 1977 RNAS Yeovilton Air Day.

Circa 1978

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At Yeovilton.

To Royal Navy Historic Flight, R N A S Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
Donated by Deutsche Luftfahrt Beratungsdienst.
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22 June 1985

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at BAe Filton Open Day

14 July 1990

Crashed.
On 14 July 1990, the pilot was having major problems with the aircrafts Bristol Centaurus radial engine. Operating from nearby RNAS Yeovilton, the pilot realized he was not going to make it back to base and elected for a forced landing in a farm field. Setting up a gear-up approach, a successful belly-landed was made, but the Sea Fury impacted what appeared to be the only tree in the field. Damage was extensive the aircraft was broken in two with lots of airframe destruction.

After the accident, the remains were inspected and deemed unrepairable then put up for disposal. The remains went initially to New Zealand where the wing folding mechanism wound up in Fury ZK-SFR.

10 September 1993

To Greenhill Charles, Mettawa, IL with new c/r N20MD.
Chuck Greenhill, who houses his collection of aircraft at Kenosha, Wisconsin, has always had an interest in aircraft with Naval connections. He purchased the remains and had them shipped to Kenosha where Tim McCarter and his crew went to work to restore the aircraft.

Contracted to Sanders Aviation, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, CA for work on the airframe.
It was decided to ship the plane to Sanders Aeronautics, the Sea Fury Kings, for completion.
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Restored.

24 May 2005

First post-restoration Flight.
Brian Sanders took N20MD up for a successful first post-restoration flight - the first time the aircraft had flown in 15 years.

24 May 2005

Certificate of airworthiness for NX20MD (SEA FURY TMK 20, 41H636070) issued.

August 2007

Photographer: David Miller
Notes: At 2007 AirVenture at Oshkosh

From 18 June 2008 to 25 October 2011

To Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N20MD.

29 May 2009

Operated by The Fighter Collection, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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1 July 2009

Certificate of airworthiness for NX20MD (SEA FURY TMK 20, 41H636070) issued.

Markings Applied: GN-910

22 March 2012

Civil registration, N20MD, cancelled.
Exported to United Kingdom.

20 April 2012

To Nicholas Grey, Monaco, Monaco with new c/r G-CHFP (HAWKER SEA FURY T MK.20, 41H-636070).
Continues to be operated as part of The Fighter Collection at Duxford.

10 November 2013

Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Photo taken at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England

18 May 2018

Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
Notes: At La Ferte Alais, Paris, France

25 July 2018

Civil registration, G-CHFP, cancelled.

25 July 2018

To Shaun Patrick, London with new c/r G-INVN.

9 June 2019

Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: at the Oostwold Airshow, Oostwold airfield, the Netherlands (EHOW).

9 June 2019

Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: at the Oostwold Airshow, Oostwold airfield, the Netherlands (EHOW).

9 June 2019

Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
Notes: at the Oostwold Airshow, Oostwold airfield, the Netherlands (EHOW).

14 September 2019

Photographer: Mario Richard
Notes: at Hahnweide fly in Germany

4 August 2020

Photographer: Fred Taylor
Notes: Photographed at Duxford, UK (EGSU) on 4 August 2020. This aircraft was destroyed later that day in a crash at Harston, 7 miles NW of Duxford.

22 August 2022

Photographer: Fred Taylor
Notes: Remains of WG655 stored at Duxford, UK (EGSU) on 22 August 2022.