Leading to the survival of the World’s last surviving 1932 Fairey IIIF - G for Gordon interwar bomber.
K2759 had a problem free flying career serving in the UK, Sudan, Iraq and Egypt from 1932 until 1940 before being transported to the Royal New Zealand Air Force with new designation NZ 629.
In 1940, both pilot trainees survived crashing in NZ 629 in remote bushland trees where the wreckage stayed well preserved for the next 32 years hanging upside down protected by the colder climate and difficulty for souvenir hunters to do more damage.
The NZ Air Force salvage team only removed the engine, weapons and cockpit gauges, leaving NZ 629 to natures elements.
In 1972 some men seeking adventure discover the rarest of rare aeronautical treasure and hide it away in a shipping container for the next 50 years.
In 2019 a man searching for a rumoured barn find Aeroplane uncovers the bare bones of the last surviving and not before revealed to the public, an icon of aviation’s history.
We would suggest that this aircraft would be a very good part of any exhibition that explains the Interwar policing that this type did. Fairey Gordons helped stave off the Iraqi Army that put the Habinya Airforce Base under siege in 1939. This battle was the first time that under Winston Churchill's orders, an airlift was used to carry reinforcements to break the Iraqi siege.
We have succeeded in being granted an export license after two years of expensive tussling with the New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage and are excited to be offering the Gordon for sale/trade.
