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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:T7471 RAF
    Construction Number:83900
    Last Civil Registration:D-ESYS
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn T7471...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jonathan Collection / Aerei Storico Famos, Campo d Aviazione Francesco Baracca, Nervesa della Battaglia, Veneto

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n T7471.

    12 February 1947

    To Reid and Segrist Ltd with new c/r G-AJHU.

    From 23 July 1953 to 26 August 1961

    To Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd, Bristol Airport keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    From 13 September 1961 to 14 September 1962

    To Frederick Roy Eaton Hayter, Southampton, Hampshire keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    From 23 October 1962 to 15 June 1964

    To Shaftesbury Flying Club, Dorset keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    From 29 June 1964 to 9 December 1968

    To Dorset Tiger Group keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    1 April 1969

    To The Calleva Flying Group, Swindon, Wiltshire keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    11 July 1976


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This Tiger Moth was present at the 1976 Popham Fly-In.

    1977


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: 1977 photo at Sywell

    September 1983

    Operated from farm field in Merton Oxon and many other locations, by Steve Smith of Calleva F.G.

    4 June 1986

    Crashed.
    Failed to become airborne at Thatcham, near Newbury and extensively damaged. Two people on board were uninjured.

    26 September 1990

    To Ralph Jones keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    18 September 1991

    To Michael Ewart Revans Coghlan keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    7 November 1995

    To Giujeppe Valenti keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    1996

    The aircraft was used in the making of the movie THE ENGLISH PATIENT.

    9 August 2004

    To Giuseppe Valenti, Strada San Nicolo 17, Parma, Italy keeping c/r G-AJHU.

    31 May 2006

    To Giuseppe Valenti with new c/r I-RIAR.

    4 October 2006

    Civil registration, G-AJHU, cancelled.

    27 March 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r D-ESYS.
    Markings added: named The English Patient

    August 2012

    2014

    Based at Jonathan Collection/Aerei Storico Famos, Campo D Aviazione Francesco Baracca, Nervesa della Battaglia, Veneto.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 October 2014


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Istrana, Italy
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    Terry Fletcher
    Peter Nicholson
    steve smith
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