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Burma Sea Fury Survivors?

The Burma air force had around 70 Sea Furies delivered in the 1950s. I’ve been trying without success via Google to locate any survivors. Does anyone know of any? (Answers to the effect that they are buried in crates not accepted;)).

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By: Mike J - 28th November 2012 at 07:52

Going slightly off-topic here, but on the subject of Iraqi Furies, is there any more information on the current whereabouts of the two-seater last heard of sitting dismantled in a warehouse after being prepared for shipment a few years back?

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By: Christer - 28th November 2012 at 07:39

Well here are some being delivered just starting up to leave El Adem

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/navrad/58PakistaniFuriesMedium.jpg

Be nice to see one back in the air again.

Weren’t those for Pakistan?

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By: David Burke - 27th November 2012 at 21:04

No mention yet of the Spitfire IX rear fuselage in the military museum which is painted up to represent a Fury wreck either!

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By: Mark12 - 27th November 2012 at 19:50

This one.

http://www.sandersaircraft.com/aircraft_dreadnought.asp

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By: Mark12 - 27th November 2012 at 19:46

Mark12 photo’d one the one at Yangon, Myanmar post #13 here, http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=62577

Apart from the one in Yangon/Rangoon, I also photographed one in Chino that came out of Burma some time around 1980. In was disassembled and I think was incorporated into one of those racers by Frank Sanders but I am a bit sketchy on that. A two seater perhaps. It was also accompanied by a Seafire XV wing, never fitted to an aircraft, which I was subsequently able to acquire with a trade.

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By: PeterVerney - 27th November 2012 at 19:42

Not sure about Burma, but there appears to be a few derelict ones in Iraq.

Well here are some being delivered just starting up to leave El Adem

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/navrad/58PakistaniFuriesMedium.jpg

Be nice to see one back in the air again.

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By: pagen01 - 27th November 2012 at 19:17

Mark12 photo’d one the one at Yangon, Myanmar post #13 here, http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=62577

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By: j_jza80 - 27th November 2012 at 19:12

Not sure about Burma, but there appears to be a few derelict ones in Iraq.

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