INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Hawker Sea Fury

Photograph of former RNHF Sea Fury WG 655 courtesy of the Swordfish HeritageTrust

Type	Total Number 2000	FAA notes 1999-2000	Threat Status 1999-2000	Changes 1999-2000
Hawker Sea Fury	68 (+?) 43 airworthy examples (30 on US civil register) 25 static (inc 6 under restoration)	No wartime FAA prototype Sea Furies are preserved, a significant proportion of the surviving post war Sea Furies served with the Fleet Air Arm or with the Commonwealth naval aviation forces. 6 aircraft are painted with Fleet Air Arm markings and codes.	One crashed in the 1990s	5 static aircraft under restoration to airworthy condition

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Hawker Sea Fury
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	G-BVOE	-	Sea Fury FB.Mk. 11	-	Aces High Flying Museum, North Weald Airfield, Epping (UK)	Airworthy?
	N233MB	-	Sea Fury T Mk.20	Marked as "911/JB/September Pops"	Michael Brown, Carson City NV (USA)	Airworthy
	-	TF925	Sea Fury T	Marked as "VX730"	Australian War Memorial (Australia)	Static
	-	TF958	Sea Fury FB.II	Marked in Fleet Air Arm colours - painted as a Sea Fury from HMS Theseus during the Korean conflict.	Royal Navy Historic Flight, Yeovilton (UK) Crashed in sea off Prestwick (Scotland) 10 June 1989	Airworthy till crashed 1989
	-	TF982 re-serialed (37733)	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	See photo	MOORE Aviation Restoration, Waterloo Airport (Hangar 30), in Breslau (Canada). ex-FAA and Ex-Iraqi "Bagdad" Fury	Airworthy since 1998 - for sale 2000
	N232J	TG114	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked as "RCN/BC-L"	Maruna Airplane Co, Akron OH (USA) Reno racer2000	Airworthy
	-	TG119	Sea Fury	Displayed as "RCN TG119/110"	National Aviation Museum (Canada)	Static
	-	VR930	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked in Fleet Air Arm markings "RN VR390/O110". See photos	Royal Navy Historic Flight, Yeovilton (UK) Incorporating parts from VZ345	Airworthy since 1994
	-	VW232	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	Displayed as "RAN VX730/108K"	Museum of Flight - Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Nowra NSW (Australia)	Static
	-	VW623	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked as "VW623/102K". See photo	Museum of Flight - Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Nowra NSW (Australia)	Static - Long-term restoration to fly
	-	VW647	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Restored as "VW647/127K"	Camden Museum of Aviation, Camden later Narellan NSW (Australia)	Airworthy and engine runs since 1976
	-		TT Mk.20	-	RNAS Yeovilton (UK) Wroughton	Spares use
	N281L	VX281	Sea Fury FB Mk.20S	Painted and flies as "RN 281/Dragon of Cymru"	Liberty Aero Corp, Santa Monica CA/Wally Fisk/Amjet Aircraft Corp, St Paul MN (USA)	Airworthy
	N924G	VX300	Sea Fury T Mk.20S	Marked with Fleet Air Arm codes "RN 924/88". See photo	Sanders Aircraft, Chino CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N51SF	VX302	Sea Fury T Mk.20S	Marked with codes "91". In 1996 with previous owner flew as "Sea Fuzzy" and in 1994 with other owner as "race #20 Cottonmouth"	Private: D Cuttshall (USA) Stan Musick/Musick Aircraft Corp, Brownwood TX (USA) 1996 Jerry C. Janes & Assoc. Inc, Rockford, IL (USA) 1994	Airworthy
	G-BUCM	VX653	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Ex marked in Iraqi codes and colours. See photo	Fighter Collection Duxford (UK) Ex on display at the RAF Museum Hendon 1972-1991	Static - restoration to flying condition 2000
	-	VX715	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	-	Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa CA (USA) Rebuilt with parts of WH589 then adopted that serial	Parts for re-build in WH589
	-	VX345	Sea Fury T Mk.20S	-	Royal Navy Historic Flight, Yeovilton (UK) Arrived Yeovilton dismantled November 1992, stored, shipped to Brough 1994 for spares for VR930	Stored 1992. From 1994 used for spares for VR930
	N20SF	VZ350	Sea Fury T Mk.20	Marked with "RAF 8/Dreadnought"	Sanders Aircraft, Chino CA (USA) 1979-95. Ex Robert Z. Friedman/Everco Industries (USA), 1978. Crashed on take-off Waukegan IL 16 December 1978. Wreckage to Sanders Aircraft, Chino (USA). (identification transferred to VZ368 for rebuild of N20SF(2).	Airworthy till crashed 1978
	-	VZ351	Sea Fury T Mk.20	-	George H. Baker/American Aero Service, New Smyrna Beach FL (USA)	Airworthy
	-	VZ365	Sea Fury T Mk.20	-	George H. Baker/American Aero Service, New Smyrna Beach FL (USA). Used in rebuild to Skyfury racer of IAF 325/N30SF	Airworthy
	N20SF	VZ368 Adopted identification VZ350	Sea Fury T Mk.20	Reno race #8 Dreadnought	Private: B Sanders, Chino CA (USA) Identification transferred from wrecked VZ350 to VZ368 for rebuild of N20SF(2).	Airworthy
	N85SF	WE820	Sea Fury T Mk.20 racer	Marked with Reno race No "10/Critical Mass" from 1993 Ex Reno race #90 (1990). Ex Reno race #88 Blind Man's Blutf	Private:TA. Dwelle, Auburn CA (USA)/Eric Lorentzen, Caldwell NJ (USA) Ex Bill Woods/Western Wings Aircraft Sales Co (USA)	Airworthy
	D-CABY	WE824	Sea Fury T Mk.20	-	Private: Federal Republic of Germany Crashed 3 March 1970	Airworthy till crashed, written-off 1970.
	-	WG565	FB.II	Marked "RCN A-A". See photos	The Naval Museum of Alberta (Canada)	Static - stored
	N878M Ex CF-VAN	WG567	Sea Fury FB Mk.11 racer	Marked with "87" "Miss Merced/87" Ex Reno race #42 Super Chief 1988	Private: Mike Carroll, Long Beach CA (USA) Sherman Cooper, Merced CA Ex CF-VAN of Robert P. Vanderveken, Pierrefonds QUE (Canada)(1965) Reno racer2000	Airworthy
	G-9-66 D-CACY	WG599 c/n: ES.3617	Sea Fury FB.11	In all red colour. See photo	The Old Flying Machine (Air Museum) Company (UK) from 1996 Ex Luftwaffen Museum, Uetersen AB, Germany till 1995	Airworthy
	-	WG630	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked as "WG630/110K". See photo	Museum of Flight - Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Nowra NSW (Australia)	Static - long term restoration to fly
	N62143	WG652	Sea Fury T Mk.20	Marked with Reno no "99/Riff Raff" ex Reno racer "#106/JR 106"	Private: M Keenum & R Gibson (USA) Ex Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave CA 1984-88 Destroyed in hanyar fire, Shafter CA (USA) July 1988. Rreg. pending, Palos Park 1996	Airworthy
	-N20MD	WG 655	Sea Fury T20S	Marked with Fleet Air Arm codes	Chuck Greenhill, Wisconsin (USA) Ex RN Historic Flight, Yeovilton, UK crashed 1991	Airworthy till crashed 1991 - currently under restoration 2000
	N260X	WH587	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked as RAN WH587/105"	Private: Ellsworth Getchell, San Jose, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	G-EEMV VH-BOU N588	WH588 WH588(RAN)	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked as "RAN WH588/NW114/Baby Gorilla" Ex marked for Reno races as "#16 RAN H588/16K/Baby Gorilla"	Private:PJ. Morgan, Sywell (UK) Ex Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N985HW N4434P	"WH589" composite composite rebuild of VX715 & WJ290, using fuselage of WH589: adopted identification WH589	Sea Fury FB Mk.11 racer	Marked as "15/Furias"	Private:B Rogers & D Stolzer, Everett-Paine Field, WA (USA) Ex Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa CA (USA)	Airworthy - rebuilt composite
	-	WJ231	Sea Fury FBII	Displayed as "WE726", later "WJ231"	Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton (UK)	Static
	ZK-SFR Ex N43SF	"WJ232" c/n: 37723 serialled 326	Sea Fury FB II	Marked with Fleet Air Arm colours "RN WJ232/O". The original WJ232, piloted by Lt. Carmichael, successfully intercepted a Soviet Mig15 during the Korean war on 9 August,1952, while on operations from HMS Ocean. See photo	Flightwatch Services Ltd, Auckland-Ardmore (New Zealand) Retrofitted with parts from the former Sea Fury WG655 of the RNHF one of 27 ex-Iraqi aircraft which arrived in the USA in the 1970's	Airworthy
	G-FURY	WJ244	FB Mk.II	-	Private: Ted Sinclair, Milton Keynes (UK)	Wreck (planned composite restoration project)
	N15S	WJ288	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	-	Private: DW. Peeler, Memphis TN (USA)	Airworthy
	-	WJ290	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	-	Private:B Rogers & D Stolzer, Everett-Paine Field, WA (USA) Ex Lloyd A. Hamilton, Santa Rosa CA (USA) Composite rebuild of VX715 & WJ290, using fuselage of WH589: adopted identification WH589	Parts incorporated into WH589
	-	WJ293	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	Painted with camouflage and "HH"	Henry Haigh/Haigh Industries, Howell MI (USA)	Airworthy
	N26SF	WJ298	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	-	John J. Dowd, Syracuse, NY (USA)	Airworthy
	N42SF	WM483	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	Marked as "RCN 74/B/Bad Attitude" Ex "RCN 14B" (1993)	Private:J Muszala (USA) Ex Richard Bertea, Chino CA (USA). Restored 1992/93	Airworthy
	N59SF	WM484	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	-	Private: Tom Reilly, Kissimmee FL (USA)	Airworthy
	-	WM857	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	Marked "RAN 105"	Private	Static
	N60SF	WN480	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	Marked as "RCN 181/Simply Magnificient"	Private: W.D. Crowne/Crew Concepts Inc, Boise ID (USA)	Airworthy
	N19SF (identification transferred to rebuild project 1994) see N19SF(2).	WN482	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	Marked with "RAF 114/Argonaut"	John Williams, Tampa, FL (USA) 1979-81 Crashed Harlingen TX (USA) 9 Oct 1981	Static (airworthy 1981)
	N19SF (2) (identification transferred from crashed aircraft WN482 to rebuild project 1994)	Composite	Sea Fury FB Mk.II	first flight 30.7.94 as Reno race "#19 Parts Fury"	Private:B. Sanders, Chino CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N24SF	-	Fury FB Mk.10 racer	Marked "105/Spirit of Texas" Reno racer #8	Private:MC. Leshe, Chandler AZ (USA)	Airworthy-restored
	N45SF	-	Fury FB Mk.10	-	Sonoma Valley Aircraft Inc, Glen Ellen CA (USA)	Airworthy - restored 1989
	N46SF	-	Fury FB Mk.10	-	Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft Intnl., Nyack NY (USA)	Airworthy
	N48SF	-	Fury FB Mk.10	-	Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft Intnl., Nyack NY (USA)	Airworthy
	N56SF	c/n: 37733 TF982	Sea Fury FB Mk.11	Marked with RN Fleet Air Arm colours "RN 737/JR". See photo	Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia WA (USA)/MOORE Aviation (USA) Ex operator: Air Classics Aircraft Museum, DuPage (USA) See history by Moores Aviation	Airworthy
	N71GB	Rebuilt using parts of VZ365/D-CACA	Fury FB Mk.11	Marked "71/Southern Cross". See photos Rebuilt as "Sky Fury": first race 1990, race #71	Private: GH. Baker, New Smyrna Beach FL (USA) Reno racer	Airworthy
	VH-HFG	-	Fury FB Mk.11	Marked "RAN K308"	Private:LD. Zuccoli, Toowoomba QLD (Australia) Ex Guido Zuccoli, Darwin NT (Australia)	Airworthy
	G-BTTA	ISS13	Fury FB Mk.10	Marked with Fleet Air Arm colours "RN VW238/107Q". See photo	Private: South Africa 2000 Ex: Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford (UK)	Airworthy
	VH-ISS	ISS19	Fury FB Mk.10	Marked in Iraq air force markings "Iraqi AF 249"	Robert H. Poynton, Perth WA./Western Warbirds, Perth-Jandakot WA (Australia)	Static-restored to fly
	N21SF	ISS20	Fury FB Mk.10	Marked "RAN DM369"	Private:WC. Sanders, Troy AL//Sanders Truck Lines, Troy AL (USA)	Airworthy-rebuilt
	N57JB	ISS23	Fury FB Mk.10	Marked "RAN 253/K" 'Magnificent Obsession". See photo	War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa NM (USA)	Airworthy
	N35SF	ISS24	Fury FB Mk.10	-	Private:Vernon C. McAllister, Del Norte CO (USA)	Static-under restoration to fly
	N36SF	-	Fury FB Mk.10	Flies with codes and colours of "Dutch Navy/RAN 361")	Private: John Bradshaw, Wroughton/Benson (UK)	Airworthy
	N38SF	-	Fury FB Mk.10	-	Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft Intnl., Nyack NY	Airworthy
	N62SF	-	Fury	-	Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft Intnl., Nyack NY (USA)	Static?
	N63SF	-	Fury	-	Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft Intnl., Nyack NY (USA)	Static?
	N64SF	-	Fury FB.10	-	Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft Intnl., Nyack NY	Static?
	-	-	Fury FB.10	-	Rabat, Morocco rep. via French broker to USA	Stored 1978
	N666HP	ISS25	Fury FB Mk.11	Marked "66/Fury"	Breckenridge Aviation Museum, Breckenridge TX (USA)	Airworthy
	-	-	FB Mk.II	-	Bay of Pigs Museum, Playa Giron (Cuba)	Static
	-	-	FB Mk.II	-	Museo del la Revolucion, Havana (Cuba)	Static
	N1324	-	Fury FB.10	-	Private: Neil J. McClain, Salt Lake City UT	Airworthy
	-	S/N 310, 6-43	Sea Fury FB 51	-	Aviodome - National Aeronautical Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Static
	-	06-43 (Fokker)	Sea Fury FB Mk.50	-	Luchtmacht Museum, Kamp van Zeist, Soesterberg (Netherlands)	Static
	-	-	Sea Fury	Sea Fury - see photo	Valiant Air Command Titusville FL (USA)	Static
	-	-	Sea Fury	-	Bristol Aero Collection, Kemble Airfield (UK)	Airworthy- not certificated
	-	-	Sea Fury Mk.20 DUAL CONTROLS	See photo	For sale 2000 by Courtesy Aircraft Sales (USA) Located in Kenosha Wisc. (USA)	Airworthy-restoration 2000 (Airworthy 2001)

Associations and reunions

Royal Naval Historic Flight and The Swordfish Heritage Trust

FURTHER INFORMATION
THE EX-FRADU HUNTERS Home Page Royal Navy Historic Flight Section	This site complements the RNHF Web-site and includes private photos and historic information about the Royal Nabvy Historic Flight from an enthusiast, Mark Russell
Warbird Alley	Warbird Alley, an online reference source for information about privately-owned, ex-military aircraft. Includes details and specs and a summary total of airworthy aircraft including the Sea Fury.
Airworthy Fighter Aircraft in Airworthy Warbirds & Aircraft	Worldwide lists of selected Bombers, Fighters, Liaison, Trainers and Transport aircraft. The aim of this site is to build up a database with 'all' airworthy Warbirds and those being rebuilt to airworthy condition. Currently the site contains 773 different aircraft and 451 pictures of the aircraft.
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7
Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum	Details of preserved Sea Fury in European museums
Typhoon, Tempest and Fury - Where Are They now? website by Harry	Website dedicated to the Fury and Seafury, including location of survivors

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