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ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
RAN Hawker Sea Fury FB.11

RAN/RAF SerialRAN CodeTypec/nDeliveredFate
TF925110/JR??194907/11/49, Reduced to Spares and produce. It is possible some of this aircraft lives on with VX730 at the Australian War Memorial.
VW232100/KFB MK.11?25/05/49805 Sqdn 24/49. Whilst being flown by 805 Sqdn Senior Pilot LEUT(P) Cunningham during gunnery practise on a splash target the aircraft was sprayed with 20mm ball shot by his number two. The aircraft was ordered to land at Lossiemouth where it was found to be a write off.Ground instructional airframe 30/03/51,NAS Nowra. Rebuilt in RAN service using rear fuselage, outer wings and stern post of TF925.To Australian War Memorial,Canberra displayed on carrier deck diorama as RAN VX730/109K. April 2000.
VW622101/K??25/05/4916/07/52, being flown by the Commanding officer of 805 Squadron while doing a low level roll practising aerobatics for an Air Day it crashed on the runway at RANAS Nowra killing the pilot LCDR(P)D.R Hare, RAN.
VW623108/K,102/KFB MK.1141H/61399325/05/49 Withdrawn as Gate Guard HMAS Albatross 1965 to 1972. Marked as 102K.To Naval Aviation Museum, Nowra 1974-1995.RAN Historic Flight Nowra 1996 to 2002. Registered as VH-NVS.
  • Images of VW623.
    • VW624103/K,131/K??25/05/4908/01/54, Spares and Produce.
    VW625104/K,112/K??25/05/4906/03/59, Sold to T.Carr&Co. for scrap.
    VW626105/K??25/05/4904/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
    VW627106/K??25/05/4904/02/52, Spares and Produce.
    VW629???25/05/4901/10/65, Fire Fighting -Struck Off Charge (SOC).
    VW630??FB MK.1125/05/4926/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VW631110/K??25/05/4925/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
    VW632102/K,108/K??25/05/4906/03/59, Sold to T. Carr & Co for scrap.
    VW634107/K??25/05/49Damaged 12/11/55 whilst with 805 Sqdn RAN. Wheels up landing at Camden NSW. Fire Fighting S.O.C.
    VW635114/K??25/05/4902/11/56, Sold for scrap.
    VW636115/K,165/K,165/Q??25/05/4902/11/56, Sold for scrap.
    VW637116/K??25/05/4926/09/60, Sold to A.L Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VW638117/K,167/K??25/05/49Damaged 13/10/54, Nowra. 18/10/55, Spares and produce.
    VW639118/K??25/05/49Damaged 13/02/54, HMAS Melbourne. 15/11/55, Spares and produce at RANAS Schofields.
    VW640101/K,119/K??25/05/4918/5/53,aircraft written off after having crashed on take off from airfield at HMAS Albatross Nowra when the engine failed. Pilot LEUT(P)Bolton RAN severely injured. Reduced to spares and produce.
    VW642106/K,109/K,121/K??25/05/4926/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VW643122/K,122/JR??25/05/4906/03/59, Sold to T. Carr& Co. for scrap.
    VW644123/K??25/05/4902/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VW645107/K,109/K??25/05/49On Tuesday the 30 August 1955 the aicraft whilst being flown by LEUT(P)J.R Bluett RN in company with Sea Fury WZ-650 was credited with the shooting down of a pilotless Auster J/4 Archer aircraft into the sea off Broken Bay. The aircraft had a yellow "Kill" symbol representing the Auster painted onto the fuselage.04/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
  • Images of VW645
    • VW646103/K,110/K,117/K??25/05/4922/11/50,the pilot LEUT(P) W.G Bowles RAN on having an engine failure bailed out 9.5 miles from RANAS Nowra landing in a tree. A passing motorist cut him down unhurt. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed nearby.
    VW647100/K,127/K??25/05/4915/11/59, Sold- C'wealth Experimental Building, Ryde. now at Camden Air Museuum.
  • Images of VW647.
    • VW648112/K??25/05/4917/07/51, Ditched in sea off HMAS Sydney by LEUT Goldrick, RAN.
    VW660120/K,972/NW??25/05/4904/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
    VX627100/K,161/K??195025/10/56, Sold to A. G. Simms for scrap.
    VX661126/K??195002/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VX707???10/12/5014/2/58,with 805 Sqdn RAN, birdstrike during low level cross country exercise. Firefighting . S.O.C.
    VX724???10/12/5011/11/1951 808 Sqdn HMAS Sydney. Did not lower hook and entered No2 barrier on touchdown.29/07/54, Spares and produce.
    VX725100/K??10/12/5025/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
    VX726101/K??10/12/5029/12/53, the aircraft on being launched from HMAS Sydney crashed into the sea ahead of the ship killing the pilot SBLT(P) Beardsell,RN of 850 Squadron.
    VX727102/K??10/12/5008/62,Fire Fighting -S.O.C.
    VX728103/K??10/12/5022/10/51, LEUT(P) Knapstein, RAN. Hit bt flak and force landed onto a mud flat on the South bank of the HAN River.Rescued by a boat from HMS Amethyst.
    VX729132/K??10/12/5009/12/55, Spares and produce.
    VX730100/K,109/K??10/12/5018/6/57,with 805 Sqdn RAN,engine failure and forced landing onto Currarong Beach NSW.09/03/59, Sold to Dept. Educ NSW now on display in the Australian War Memorial. Some parts of this machine could be from TF925 and VW232.
  • Images of VX730.
    • VX748???10/12/5001/11/51, Spares and produce.
    VX749???10/12/5014/06/62, Fire Fighting - S.O.C.
    VX750???10/12/5020/01/56, Spares and produce.
    VX751106/K??10/12/5010/09/52,the pilot SBLT(P) Ian McDonald,RAN, had an engine failure and force landed on an airstrip at Cape Gloucester, New Guinea, pilot uninjured. Aircraft later salvaged and reduced to spares.
    VX752105/K,131/K,951/K??10/12/5014/06/52, Fire Fighting. S.O.C.
    VX753132/Q??10/12/5016/09/54,this aircraft spun in from low level at Jervis Bay airfield killing the pilot LEUT(P)R.G Owen RN
    VX754???10/12/5003/05/51, Crashed into sea after RATOG take off from HMAS Sydney. LEUT(P)R.W Barnett, RAN killed.
    VX755???10/12/5008/02/56, Spares and produce.
    VX756100/K,164/K??10/12/5001/10/65, Fire Fighting - S.O.C.
    VX757???10/12/5026/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VX758???10/12/5019/04/58,aircraft had an engine failure ditched and pilot LEUT(P) Williams,RN rescued.
    VX759???10/12/5002/11/56, Sold to Aluminium Ingots Co. for scrap.
    VX760???10/12/5025/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
    VX761131/K??10/12/5011/09/51,Oil pressure dropped and pilot elected to land on HMAS Sydney on transit to Korea.Engine failed downwind with wheels and flaps down.Aircraft ditched. LEUT(P) Webster,805 Sqdn RAN - rescued.
    VX762???10/12/5017/05/53, Mid-air with a Tiger Moth over Wagga airfield LCDR(P) Wilde, DFC,Commanding Officer of 850 Squadron RAN killed.Tiger Moth occupants unhurt.
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    • VX763133/K??10/12/5020/02/56, Spares and produce.
    VX764134/K??10/12/5017/12/51, Shot down over Korea. LCDR(P) Bowles, RAN-hit by AA fire and bailed out.Rescued by a friendly Junk and conveyed to an island where he was picked up by a helicopter and returned to the ship.
    WE673103/K,135/K??10/12/5004/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
    WE674103/K??10/12/5005/11/51,LEUT(P) Clarkson, DFM, RAN killed. Aircraft failed to pull out of a dive whilst attacking enemy transport in the HAN river area, Korea.
    WE675137/K??10/12/5023/4/57 whilst with 805 Sqdn at NAS Nowra tail wheel broke off on landing and aircraft swung of runway.06/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
    WE676138/K??10/12/5008/02/56, Spares and produce.
    WE677???10/12/5011/12/51 damaged when with 805 Sqdn HMAS Sydney flared out late, bounced between Nos 2 and 3 wires and entered No 2 barrier. 16/04/52, Fire Fighting -S.O.C.
    WE678???10/12/5026/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap.
    WE679???10/12/5007/12/51, Shot down in Korea . SBLT(P) Smith, RN rescued.
    WE686???195002/01/51,launched from HMAS Sydney on a Carrier Air Patrol during the Korean war SBLT(P)R.J Coleman,RAN disappeared from his formation. He was not found and and presumed missing, killed in action.
    WE791???195026/07/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap.
    WE795???195107/12/51, SBLT(P) Sincliar, RN killed.Shot down over Korea.Aircraft hit by AAA. Pilot killed whilst bailing out. Body recovered by helo and buried at sea.
    WE796???195125/10/51, Shot down in Korea LEUT(P) Wheatley, RAN rescued.
    WE797106/K??195113/12/51, Shot down in Korea. SBLT(P) Cooper ,RAN bailed out and rescued.
    WE799105/K ?/NW??1951Crash landed at Nowra on 22/8/55 engine failure on takeoff.S/LEUT(P)Henry RAN 805 Sqdn 25/10/60, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
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    • WF591???195106/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
    WF593???195126/09/53, Sold To Aluminium Ingots for scrap.
    WG627???195226/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap.
    WG628920/NW??195206/03/59,Attached to 723 Sqdn. On the 22 November, 1955 and whilst being flown by LEUT(P)T Branson RAN the aircraft suffered a total engine failure over the Australian Alps.The aircraft glided to canberra airfield where a successful and safe landing was made.A rare green(Commendation) entry was made in appendix C of the pilots log book.The RAN accident report No 448 shows the cause as a "Defect in the Control System" Sold to T, Carr for scrap.
    WG630?FB MK.11?195215/11/59, Eperimental Building Station, Ryde, NSW, 1959-1986. Used as wind machine to test building materials. Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, 1986.Naval Aviation Museum, Nowra NSW 1987 to 1991. RAN Historic Flight restoration to airworthy.
  • Images of WG630.
    • WH581111/K,922/NW??195206/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
  • Images of WH581.
    • WH583171/K??195225/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
    WH586???195212/04/56, Crashed Nowra SBLT(P) Howe,RAN of 724 Squadron killed when returning from a night flying sortie.He dove into the ground near airfield.
    WH587105/K??195223/09/63,Late 2003 owned by Ellsworth Getchell,San Jose,California USA as N260X for Plyon Racing.
    WH588114/NWFB MK.11?1952Brought on charge March 7 1952. Struck off charge Sept 23 1963 then became VH-BOU, N588, G-EEMV Crashed 12/05/2001 Sywell UK, killing the Owner & Pilot Paul Morgan.
  • Images of WH588.
    • WH589115/NWFB MK.11?1952Brought on charge March 7 1952. Struck off charge Sept 23 1963. Now in USA.Aircraft is highly modified for air racing and flies as "Furias". Owned by Bill Rogers and Dale Stolzer of "Everett" Washington USA.
  • Images of WH589.
    • WH590104/K,894/NW??19521961, Fire Fighting - S.O.C.
    WJ279101/K??195306/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
    WJ284102/K,163/K??195326/09/60, Sold to Aluminium Ingots for scrap.
    WJ294102/K??195315/03/54, Ditched. LEUT(P) Brettingham-Moore, RAN rescued.
    WJ297955/NW??195306/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
    WJ299105/K,110/K??195314/06/62, Fire Fighting - S.O.C.
    WM479106/K??195314/06/62, Fire fighting - S.O.C.
    WN480???195325/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
    WM481???195306/03/59, Sold to T. Carr fro scrap.
    WM482???195325/10/56, Sold to A. G. Simms for scrap.
    WM490???195325/10/56, Sold to A. G. Simms for scrap.
    WZ642102/KFB.11?27/05/54With 805Sqdn 15 May 1955 when being flown by LEUT(P)R Leeson RAN while landing this aircraft at the Griffith Air Show WZ642 ran into and cut off the tail of Sea Fury WZ-652.9 December 1955 sold to A.G Simms for scrap.
    WZ643113/KFB.11?27/05/5406/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for spares.
    WZ644101/KFB.11?27/05/5421/07/55, Flying locally from RANAS Nowra LEUT(P) Leeson, RAN of 805 Squadron crashed into Beecroft Range and was killed.
    WZ645102/KFB.11?27/05/5414/6/57, Whilst with 805 Sqdn,and being flown by LEUT(P) Davidson RAN, engine overspeed, forced landing on Currarong Beach NSW,aircraft caught fire. 24/03/58, Spares and produce at Nowra.
  • Images of WZ645.
    • WZ646103/KFB.11?27/05/5420/10/55, Crashed into sea off Wreck Bay LEUT(P) Henry,RAN of 805 Squadron killed.
    WZ647104/KFB.11?27/05/5404/06/57, Sold to Fitzgibbon & Garthon for scrap.
    WZ648105/KFB.11?27/05/5425/10/56, Sold to A.G. Simms for scrap.
    WZ649106/KFB.11?27/05/5431/07/58, Fire Fighting -S.O.C.
    WZ650107/KFB.11?27/05/5406/03/59,Flown by LEUT(P)McNay RN of 805 Sqdn on Tuesday 30 August 1955, the aircraft in company with another Sea Fury from 805 Sqdn was involved in the shootdown of an Auster J/4 Archer aircraft that had taken off from Bankstown Airport without its pilot.The Auster was shot down into the sea from a height of 10,000 approx 10 miles North east of Broken Bay. Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
  • Images of WZ650
    • WZ651108/KFB.11?27/05/5406/03/59, Sold to T. Carr for scrap.
    WZ652102/KFB.11?27/05/5414/06/57,With 805 Sqdn.Sea Fury WZ-642 cut the tail off this aircraft whilst landing at the Griffith Air Show 15 May 1955.Written off 16 May 1955 and sold for scrap 15 June 1957.
    WZ653109/KFB.11?27/05/5402/11/56, Sold to aluminium Ingots for scrap.

    Letter on tail.K-for HMAS Sydney,NW-Nowra and Q for HMAS Vengeance.

    Page authors Bob Geale and Dave Masterson.

    Source: Australian Aviation Magazine, Bob Geale, Flightpath Magazine.AMOF.www.henkimaa.nu britians-smallwars.com. Wings across the sea by Ross Gillett.www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org.

    Emails; Gerry Butler, Greg Hyde, Bob Geale, Tom McGhee.John Crawley.Tim Branson.John Miller.

    Main Photograph: Darren Crick.

    Other Photographs: VX647 - Martin Edwards, VX730 - Darren Crick, WG630 - Darren Crick, WG630 Martin Edwards, WH588 - Martin Edwards.



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