Dates

Event

Constructed as a Sea Fury FB.11.

Assigned s/n WH589 with the Royal Navy for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.

7 March 1952

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Navy with s/n WH589.

March 1952

Transported by ship.
Arrived as deck cargo on the carrier HMAS Sydney.

Transferred to RNAS Sembawang, Singapore.
Collected here.

Transferred to Nowra NAS.

Withdrawn from use at Nowra NAS.

Withdrawn from use.

30 October 1961

Ferry flight.
Flown from Nowra NAS to Sydney-Bankstown.

Assigned to 115/NW, Sydney-Bankstown for storage.

23 September 1963

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Australian Navy.

From 23 September 1963 to 1969

To Fawcett Aviation, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW.

From By 1963 to By 1969

Placed in open storage at Bankstown.

November 1963

To Lord Trefgarne, London, UK.
Not moved from Australia.

Not collected.

From 1963 to 1969

Placed in open storage at Bankstown.

January 1969

To Ormond A. Haydon-Baillie, Vancouver, BC.

From 1969 to By 1974

Assigned civil registration: CF-CHB

June 1970

Transported by ship.
Moved from Sydney To USA on the carrier USS Coral Sea.

Circa 1971

Photographer: Charlene Aro

Circa 1971

Photographer: Ron Mcleod
Notes: Reno Air Races. Vivitar 300MM F/3.5 Pentax Spotmatic

By 2 June 1971

To unknown owner with c/r CF-CHB.

From 2 June 1971 to 6 June 1971

Raced as #0.
Competed at the Cape May National Air Races in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was Ormond Haydon-Baillie. Qualified in 3rd place with an average speed of 332.22 mph. Raced in Heat 1A. Finished in 3rd place with an average speed of 302.35 mph. Raced in Heat 2C. Finished in 2nd place with an average speed of 329.08 mph. Raced in the Reserve race. Finished in 5th place with an average speed of 334.99 mph. Raced in the Trophy race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 323.78 mph. Due to a lack of entries, participated in the consolation race as a fill in.

14 June 1971

Involved in an incident.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC71FHA55: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 10:30 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Spaatz Airport, Reading, PA. The flight departed from Chantilly, VA, with the destination Reading, PA. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. The gear collapsed during the landing rollout. The factors included; overload failure.
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

From 21 September 1971 to 26 September 1971

Raced as #18.
Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was Ormand Haydon-Baillie. Qualified in 9th place with an average speed of 370.98 mph. Raced in Heat 1. Finished in 5th place with an average speed of 355.77 mph. Raced in the Make-Up race. Finished in 3rd place with an average speed of 364.59 mph. Raced in the Reserve race. Finished in 2nd place with an average speed of 365.56 mph.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Circa 21 September 1971

Photographer: Charlene Aro
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

From 13 November 1971 to 13 November 1971

Raced as #6.
Competed in the California 1000 Air Races event. The pilots were Ormond Haydon-Baillie, Ayres and. Raced in the One Mile Course race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 322.34 mph. Finished 39 laps.

From 1 January 1972 to 1 January 1972

Raced as #9.
Competed at the Miami International Air Races in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was O Haydon-Baillie. Raced in the Trophy race. Finished in 6th place with an average speed of 340.828 mph.

Circa 12 September 1972

Photographer: Charlene Aro
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

Circa 12 September 1972

Photographer: Charlene Aro
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, NV.

Markings Applied: HB O, WH589
Flown in RAF flew camouflage.

From 12 September 1972 to 17 September 1972

Raced as #0.
Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Unlimited class. The primary pilot was Ormand Haydon-Baillie. Qualified in 31st place with an average speed of 340.87 mph. Raced in Heat 1. Finished in 5th place with an average speed of 349.37 mph. Raced in the Reserve race. Finished in 1st place with an average speed of 355.74 mph. Raced in the Trophy race. Finished in 6th place with an average speed of 340.83 mph.

Circa 12 September 1972

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

Markings Applied: HB O, RAF, WH589

From 23 November 1973 to 1973

Ferry flight.
Delivery flight from Vancouver to Southend.

From 9 May 1974 to 1978

To Ormond A. Haydon-Baillie, Southend with new c/r G-AGHB.

14 May 1974

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Ormond Haydon-Baillies Sea Fury FB.10 WH 589 at the Historic Aircraft Museum at Southend Airport, Essex.

6 July 1974

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at Greehham Common.

1979

To Spencer R. Flack, Elstree keeping c/r G-AGHB.

24 June 1979

Crashed.
Crashed at Osnabruck, West Germany.

From 1979 to 1983

To Angus McVitie, Cranfield.
Obtained as a wreck.

1980

Wreck moved from Elstree to Cranfield as a restoration project.

To Craig Charleston, Colchester.
Included wreck parts.

October 1983

To Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa, CA.

At this point the remains which are assumed to include the rear fuselage which was absorbed into the restoration of RN s/n VX715. That restoration project also adopted the ID of this airframe.
For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier