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The
Fairey Gannet was designed and built in England in 1949 as a carrier
borne anti-submarine aircraft. In
1955 No.816 and 817 Squadrons of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm
replaced their Firefly aircraft with Gannets. Some
40 Gannets were purchased by Australia and they served solidly, but
unspectacularly, until 1967 when they were retired and replaced by
Grumman Trackers. Most
of the Gannets were destroyed as fire fighting dummies or as targets for
live weapons training. The Museum’s Gannet was stored at Bankstown Airfield in Sydney until put up for disposal by the Australian Government. The Museum purchased the aircraft and it was transported to Melbourne as deck cargo aboard the old aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, at that time being used as a logistics support ship. Our
Gannet is one of only five to survive in this country. The Australian National Aviation Museum Home
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