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OBJECT TYPE: military/naval fighter reconnaissance
DATE: 1945–1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0196.001

MANUFACTURER: General Aircraft Ltd.
MODEL: Fairey Firefly F.R.I.
LOCATION: Hanworth, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM/ RUBBER TIRES/ GLASS/ PLEXIGLASS/ FABRIC/ DOPE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 114.0 cm
Width: 136.0 cm
Height: 445.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Aircraft
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Hanworth

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: FROM 1946-1950
Canada: THE RCN FIREFLY DK 545 PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE BIRTH OF CANADIAN NAVAL AVIATION/ IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO TYPES USED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL AIR ARM IN 1946 AND OPERATED FROM CARRIERS HMCS WARRIOR & MAGNIFICIENT
Function: WAS USED AS ONE OF TWO TYPES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL AIR ARM IN 1946. WAS USED AS A WORLD WAR II NAVAL FIGHTER & RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE BELOW FRONT COCKPIT CANOPY YELLOW PRINT READS: 'SLIDE/ EMERGENCY HOOD/ RELEASE/ ABOVE ON OTHER SIDE'/ HOOD IN FRONT OF FRONT COCKPIT READS: 'PESS RELEASE/ HOOD'/ LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE BELOW CO-PILOT CANOPY READS: 'HOOD RELEASE/ ABOVE'/ LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE, YELLOW PRINT BELOW COCKPIT CANOPY READS: 'SLIDE/ HOOD RELEASE/ ABOVE'/ BELOW THE CO-PILOT CANOPY READS: 'HOOD RELEASED/ OPEN ON THE SIDE'
Missing: COCKPIT CANOPY, FLYING INSTRUMENTS, CLOCKS, ETC. IN COCKPIT
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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General Aircraft Ltd., Airplane, circa 1945–1946, Artifact no. 1993.0196, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0196.001/

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