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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
More Information
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/item/1993.0196.001/
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