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DE HAVILLAND
SEA VENOM F.A.W. MK 53 WZ898
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51
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Ordered on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy by the British Air Ministry as part of order for 39 Sea Venoms under contract 6/Aircraft/7561/CB 7(a). | |||||||||||||||
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08FEB55
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Completed at the de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd., Christchurch. | |||||||||||||||
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10FEB55
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Delivered to the Royal Navy at RNAS Yeovilton. | |||||||||||||||
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23NOV55
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Taken on charge by No 808 Sqn. RAN. and used until | |||||||||||||||
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27FEB56
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by No 808 Sqn for crew training and work ups with Royal Navy Squadron 891 X Flight. | |||||||||||||||
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MAR56
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Cocooned for transport and embarked in HMAS Melbourne at Glasgow Docks. | |||||||||||||||
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09MAY56
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Arrived at Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney. | |||||||||||||||
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17MAY56
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Transported to HMAS Nirimba, Schofields. | |||||||||||||||
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31JAN57
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Transported to Hawker de Havillands, Bankstown for fitment of ejection seats and modifications required for RAN service. | |||||||||||||||
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31OCT57
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Flown to RANAS Nowra and taken on charge by No 808 Sqn. | |||||||||||||||
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31MAR58
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Transferred to No 805 Sqn. | |||||||||||||||
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MAY58
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Attached to No 724 Sqn. | |||||||||||||||
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NOV60
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Attached to No 724 Sqn. | |||||||||||||||
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62
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Attached to No 805 Sqn in HMAS Melbourne. WZ898 took part in exercises with RAF fighter squadrons at RAF Tengah, Singapore. | |||||||||||||||
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30JUN63
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Transferred to VC-724. | |||||||||||||||
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25JUL69
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Retired from service. Subsequently transferred to HMAS Nirimba for apprentice training as Instructional Airframe/Engine Class 3. | |||||||||||||||
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21SEP70
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Noted at HMAS Nirimba, Schofields, NSW in use as a ground instruction aircraft coded 874/NW. Also present was Sea Venom WZ937 coded 862/M. | |||||||||||||||
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DEC72
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Reported at Nirimba coded 747/NW. (This report is suspect!) | |||||||||||||||
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APR74
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Reported at Nirimba coded 874/NW. | |||||||||||||||
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APR74
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Used as spares support for WZ937 (747/M) {or 747/NW?}. The following components
were transferred from 898 to 937 and u/s items refitted to 898.
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77
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Declared surplus to requirements by HMAS Nirimba, dismantled and transported by road to Nowra where it was placed in the aircraft dump disassembled. | |||||||||||||||
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25SEP79
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Purchased by QAM from Dept. of Administrative Services for $200.00. Aircraft was purchased primarily for its Ghost engine which was to be fitted to WZ910 but on inspection it was found that the airframe of WZ898 was in many respects superior to that of WZ910. | |||||||||||||||
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28OCT79
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Arrived at Nudgee by road from Nowra. | |||||||||||||||
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09APR80
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Moved to Brisbane Airport. Fitted with the tailbooms from WZ910 as one of the booms received with WZ898 was partially de‑skinned. The other boom is marked WZ937 and coded 874/NW. When received by QAM, WZ898 was coded 862 on the main undercarriage door. Although there was a considerable interchange of parts between WZ898 & WZ937, the fuselage of the QAM a/c is clearly that of WZ898 as this is stencilled in several places in the cockpit. | |||||||||||||||
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13JUN86
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Transported to Caloundra. | |||||||||||||||
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DEC86
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Completion of painting by Wal Waterton. Carries colours of VF-805 Sqn. | |||||||||||||||
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JUN88
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Fitted with rocket rails and fitting out of cockpit started. | |||||||||||||||
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DEC18
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The aircraft was given a major restoration and repaint. | |||||||||||||||
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