JORGE A. DIETSCH PHOTO No. 5528. Fairey Firefly AS.Mk.6 (NX518WB c/n F.8646)
Photographed at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, USA, October 14, 2004
This aircraft was delivered to the Royal Australian Navy as WB518,
with the c/n F.8646. Only the fuselage is still original from
F.8646, all flying surfaces are from other Firefly's. These parts
were replaced eighter in operational service or after the
restoration in the nineties.
Painted to represent an aircraft (coded 201/K) as based on the
Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney while on duty
off the Korean coast during the Korean War.
