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    Airframe Family: Fairey Firefly
    Latest Model:Firefly AS.6
    Last Military Serial:WH632 RAN
    Construction Number:F8755
    Last Civil Registration:C-GBDG
    Compressed ID:Fairey Firefly AS.6 sn WH632 RAN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Firefly AS.6.

    3 May 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WH632.

    After May 1951

    Transferred to Unknown RNVR unit, RNAS Ford.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Navy with s/n WH632.

    3 June 1960

    To Australian Air League, Marrickville, Australia.

    1973

    To Camden Air Museum, Australia.

    June 1978

    To Canadian Warplane Heritage, Patricia Bay, Victoria, BC.

    To Canadian Warplane Heritage, Patricia Bay, Victoria, BC with new c/r C-GBDG.

    28 October 1991

    To Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, ON keeping c/r C-GBDG.

    Based at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Mount Hope, ON.
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    18 August 1994


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow in Batavia, NY.

    15 June 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Air Show held at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    15 June 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Air Show held at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    15 June 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Air Show held at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    15 June 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Air Show at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    28 May 1997

    Assigned civil registration: C-GBDG (F.F. 46 FIREFLY, WH 632)

    28 May 1997

    To Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, ON keeping c/r C-GBDG.

    Markings Applied: BD-G, VH142
    In the markings of a RCN No. 825 Squadron Firefly Mk. V operating from HMCS Magnificent in 1949-50.

    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    25 June 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) during FlyFest 2022 (Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
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    Print Sources
     World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Transport Canada
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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     Robert Nichols
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