Fairey died on 8 July 2009 when the
Percival Provost T1 he was piloting crashed in a field near
Bishop Norton in Lincolnshire. The aircraft, which had been on display at
RAF Waddington, was based at
Brimpton Airfield in Berkshire. He is survived by his daughter, his three sons predeceased him. He also had a second wife, Beverley, née Halford. ==References==