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Captain Eddie’s Fairey Firefly

April 29, 2020November 3, 2025
EAAby EAA

In AirVenture, Warbirds.

Eddie Kurdziel, EAA 431776, brought his rare Fairey Firefly AS6 to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, and won Reserve Grand Champion: Post World War II. The Firefly was introduced in 1943, and operated by the British Royal Navy as a fighter and anti-submarine aircraft, and was also used in a ground-attack role during the Korean War.

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