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    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft Auster / J1 Autocrat / AOP / I / II / III / IV / V / A / C / D / G / H / J / J5 Aiglet / K / L/ M / N / P / Q / S
    Latest Model:AOP9
    Last Military Serial:XP242 AAC
    Construction Number:B5-10-150
    Last Civil Registration:G-BUCI
    Compressed ID:Auster AOP9 sn XP242 AAC cn B5-10-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Michael Somerton-Rayner, Trustee of Historic Aircraft Flight Reserve Collection, C/O Commandant, HQ School of Army Aviation, Army Aviation Centre, M

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AOP9 by Auster.

    15 February 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n XP242.

    Circa 1975


    Photographer: Unknown

    By June 1981

    To AAC Historic Aircraft Flight, Middle Wallop Airfield, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England.
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    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Greenham Common IAT 81

    10 February 1992

    To Michael Somerton-Rayner, Trustee of Historic Aircraft Flight Reserve Collection, C/O Commandant, HQ School of Army Aviation, Army Aviation Centre, M with new c/r G-BUCI (AUSTER AOP.9, B5/10/150).

    9 May 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Middle Wallop Air Show

    5 March 2001

    Civil registration, G-BUCI, cancelled.

    To unknown owner.
    Stored at Middle Wallop.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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