JOHN HOPTON MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 5322. Hawker Sea Fury FB.Mk.11 (VW647) Royal Australian Navy
Photograph from CEBS, taken at North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Hawker Sea Fury FB.Mk.11

05/15/2006. Remarks by John Hopton: "Delivered to the Royal Australian Navy as VW647 on May 25, 1949, sold November 15, 1959 to the Commonwealth Experimental Building Station, where the aircraft was used for structural-load tests on various industrial construction materials. The aircraft is now restored and preserved at Camden Air Museum, Camden, New South Wales."

Hawker Sea Fury FB.Mk.11
(VW647, et al)


Created May 15, 2006